Tree campaigners fear they could be left destitute after Sheffield Council confirmed it will pursue them for more than £150,000 in legal costs and damages. Chris Burn reports. http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/environment/sheffield-council-to-pursue-tree-campaigners-for-damages-and-150-000-legal-costs-1-8704687
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Sheffield Council to pursue tree campaigners for damages and £150,000 legal costs – Sheffield Telegraph
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UPDATE: Sheffield’s Trees
Sheffield Lib Dem Leader, Shaffaq Mohammed made a statement about the High Court’s tree ruling… Today, the High Court ruled to allow Sheffield City Council to threaten peaceful protesters with possible imprisonment. Whilst this ruling applies to tree protesters in…
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Sheffield Council to “accelerate” felling of 500 trees after High Court victory – Yorkshire Post
Around 1,000 trees are to be axed in Sheffield by the end of the year – with 500 already gone since the start of legal action against protesters last month.Read more at: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/sheffield-council-to-accelerate-felling-of-500-trees-after-high-court-victory-1-8704679
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More trees on your street means fewer health problems, says study | Society | The Guardian
Residents report feeling better and having fewer health problems when there are more trees on their street, a new study has found. An online health survey of 31,109 residents living in the Canadian city of Toronto was combined with high-resolution…
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The Yorkshire Post Says: Time for Sheffield Council to heed Gove’s tree felling warning – Yorkshire Post
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
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
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…
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,…
STAG Steering High Court Summary
As everyone is aware, the three day High Court hearing on SCC’s request for injunctions against our supporters ended on Friday. The Judge stated that he will need ‘up to two weeks’ to come to a decision. As well as…
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Posted in Blog, Legal notices, News
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
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
London iTree Report Highlight Value of Urban Trees
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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
Another healthy tree felled – Whirlow Grove S11
Another perfectly healthy tree felled, engineering solution alternatives to felling ignored to save costs and increase profits, unfortunately at a huge environmentally cost to the City and health / happiness to folk.
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100 Years On: Crookes Valley Road Memorial Trees
Local film production studio, Puzzleglass Films, have produced a short film entitled 100 Years On about Sheffield’s memorial trees. “100 years ago the First World War came to and end, a conflict that claimed the lives of millions of people around the world.…
Independent Tree Panel Result Summary – Final
Summary Of Results Sheffield Council has now released all of the Independent Tree Panel’s recommendations, as well as its own response to those recommendations. Adding these to the previously released information, here are the final summary statistics: 150 roads were…
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Amey PLC to desecrate Sheffield’s WW1 Living Memorial, for profit
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Campaigners and Sheffield City Council chiefs face wait for ruling on tree protest injuctions – Yorkshire Post
Campaigners and Sheffield City Council face a two week wait to hear if a High Court judge has granted injunctions against tree felling protesters. The local authority is taking legal action over continued protests against the chopping down of thousands…
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‘Sheffield Council ‘unaware’ of company’s corporate manslaughter conviction before signing two BILLION pound contract’
Sheffield City Council signed a contract worth £2 BILLION with a company to upgrade roads and streets unaware that the firm had a conviction for corporate manslaughter, a senior officer admitted in court today. The admission came from the local…
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.
We are currently collecting to support the small number of campaigners who are facing court costs after cases brought by Sheffield City Council.
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.
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