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Beautiful words from a supporter’s heart

Unlike an “Arb” today, I’m going to use my words… I really am so heartbroken at what is happening on Meersbrook Park Road (S17) and around my city. These trees have not been lost; they have been taken. Taken from

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Amey and Sheffield City Council Have No Respect for Democracy by Rebecca Hammond and Jennifer Saul

Shockingly blatant propaganda video being circulated The other day (15th January) Amey PLC published a little video on their YouTube account under the title “The protesters have no respect for democracy”. You won’t find it by searching Amey’s YouTube page: you

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Watch “Sheffield Street Tree Protests | Deconstructing SCC/Amey Propaganda” on YouTube

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tree-bound | a sheffield community’s love for its trees

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#SaveSheffTrees Update – w/e 12/01/18

THIS WEEK – Amazing, Inspiring and not much luck for Amey!I t’s been a hectic and sometimes stressful week but not discouraging and very few trees were felled, again. Great business for Acorn who are paid by the day regardless

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In Sheffield, you don’t have property rights – HuffPost

Welcome to Sheffield, where intruders come onto your property in the dead of night with handsaws, after you have expressly denied them permission to do so. And your council pays for it. This implausible nightmare vision is true. Let me

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Sheffield’s dysfunctional Labour run council has been exposed | Sheffield Green Party

2017 saw the inner workings of a dysfunctional Labour run council exposed, linked to an unwillingness to come clean on their failings. And offering “fake news” about the Streets Ahead contract in response to tree campaigners. Throughout the year Bryan

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Bianca Jagger and Ken Loach back campaign to save Sheffield’s street trees – The Star

https://www.thestar.co.uk/our-towns-and-cities/sheffield/bianca-jagger-and-ken-loach-back-campaign-to-save-sheffield-s-street-trees-1-8896713

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Milly the Ash S7 – Axe is falling

Milly The Ash, Such a Magnificent and Majestic Tree on Millhouses Lane.  Tomorrow she is due to be felled and all the many incredible, mostly unnoticed, benefits she currently provides our community with, will disappear into the back of a

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More felling – Lees Hall Av S8 and Briar Road S7

Eco vultures @AcornGroupLtd hovering over Lees Hall Av S8 & Briar Road S7, all support welcome. Hottest tickets in town. #saveshefftrees https://t.co/oJ73MhSeme Check out @SheffTreeSteel’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/914777024442568704?s=09

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SCC misleading “majority” spin de-bunkered – as seen on Countryfile. 

About this misleading “majority” survey spin, devil in detail, 86% didn’t respond. Experts have officially discredited it #saveshefftrees https://t.co/4B5B3D0vDa “disagreed with plans” actually referred 2 road maintenance plans, no mention of trees. Who would disagree to less potholes #saveshefftrees https://t.co/ouPbhGFw6w

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Lovely school favorite 200yr ash to be felled Sun 1st Oct. 

This lovely tree will be felled Sunday 1st October. Lydgate Lane (jn with Marsh Lane), Sheffield S10 5FH. #SaveSheffTrees https://t.co/rYon80FTNA Check out @RebeccaHammond7’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/RebeccaHammond7/status/914179771042533376?s=09

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Dunkeld Rd Massacre continues

Eco vandal @AcornGroupLtd back on Dunkeld Rd, going 4 big beauty at top. Few residents want them gone because they’re ugly! #saveshefftrees https://t.co/muGtjk0tmg Check out @SheffTreeSteel’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/913701128780570625?s=09

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The Yorkshire Post Says: Time for Sheffield Council to heed Gove’s tree felling warning – Yorkshire Post

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/the-yorkshire-post-says-time-for-sheffield-council-to-heed-gove-s-tree-felling-warning-1-8694554

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Exclusive – Michael Gove demands end to Sheffield tree-felling – Yorkshire Post

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has made an extraordinary intervention in the Sheffield tree-felling saga, writing to council leader Julie Dore and chief executive John Mothersole to demand an end to the controversial programme. Read more at: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/our-region/south-yorkshire/sheffield/exclusive-michael-gove-demands-end-to-sheffield-tree-felling-1-8694453

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Someone, somewhere has power to fix mess – The Star

This is a letter to Paul Billington, Sheffield Council’s director of Culture and Environment. You can play around with statistics all you like and say whatever you want to try and convince us that everything is OK, but it’s not

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Fight to save rare elm could take Sheffield tree campaigners to court once more – The Star

Sheffield tree campaigners could take their fight to save a rare elm from the chainsaw to court. The city council has decided to fell the 120-year-old Huntingdon elm on the corner of Chelsea Road and Union Road in Nether Edge,

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Another Healthy Tree Felled – Thorpe House Av.

Live on Thorpe house Ave, if you look carefully, you can see those ££ environmental benefits being chipped away, recycled as Amey profits

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Another Healthy Tree Felled – Pingle Road S7

New addition to S7 Rogues Gallery, Pingle Rd, polluted school run. Doing it for the kids, 1st lesson, Business vs. Environment, teacher SCC

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Sheffield’s Street Trees – being destroyed for profit.

A great video for raising awareness out there, please click to view: 51,817 Views

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The Felling – An Epic Tale of People Power

Innocent protest to save Sheffield’s healthy street trees turns into a nightmare, as a small group of brave suburbanites take on their Council, the police and a multinational corporation.

Crowdfunder: street trees legal fund

We are currently collecting to support the small number of campaigners who are facing court costs after cases brought by Sheffield City Council.

Heartwood TiCL trail

Walk the Heartwood Trail and find Robert Macfarlane’s beautiful charms against harm hung from some of Sheffield’s threatened Street Trees. Designed by Jackie Morris.