The Latest Breaking News from Sycamore Gap

Sycamore Gap tree fellers ‘suspects in homophobic assaults inquiry’

Cumbria Police said two men were quizzed in 2024 after they received two reports of assault motivated by hate.

Evening Standard · May 13, 2025

Sycamore Gap pair 'quizzed over homophobic attack' days before mindless felling

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were investigated by police after a man was doused in icing sugar and subjected to verbal abuse

Evening Standard · May 13, 2025

‘It’s difficult to fathom his kind of stupidity’: Justice for the felled Sycamore Gap tree, the surprising verdict is in

Two British men were on trial for for cutting down the 150-year-old landmark.

We Got This Covered · May 9, 2025

2 men convicted of cutting down beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England in 2023

Two men have been convicted of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England along ancient Hadrian’s Wall

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

Sycamore Gap: Who are the two men convicted of cutting down world-famous tree?

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were ‘best pals’ who apparently turned on each other before their trial started, the court heard.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

Government urged to ‘list’ precious trees for protection like historic buildings

The Woodland Trust wants Government to back proposed laws that would give ‘heritage’ trees greater protection in the wake of the Sycamore Gap trial.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

Two men found guilty of felling Sycamore Gap tree

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have been found guilty by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court of causing criminal damage to the Sycamore Gap tree

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

‘Totemic’ Sycamore Gap tree inspired countless photos until it was felled

The tree was planted in a pleasing fold in the landscape next to Hadrian’s Wall.

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

Sycamore Gap: Friends guilty of cutting down world-famous tree in act of 'mindless thuggery'

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers drove through a storm for 30 miles in the middle of the night before felling the landmark tree

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

The anonymous 101 call that snared the Sycamore Gap fellers – and left their friendship in tatters

It was a friendship that blossomed over fixing an old Land Rover, but it led to the destruction of one of the country’s best-known trees

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025