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Day 1 in the High Court – Update 26th July

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People across Britain should watch with concern as Sheffield City Council drags protesters through court

The ongoing saga surrounding tree-felling in Sheffield will enter its latest chapter in Leeds today as a three-day court case with potential national ramifications for local democracy begins. Read more at: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/the-yorkshire-post-says-people-across-britain-should-watch-with-concern-as-sheffield-city-council-drags-protestors-through-court-1-8670105

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Sheffield City Council withdraws tree protest injunction claim

Sheffield City Council has agreed to suspend their request for a temporary injunction preventing tree protestors taking direct action to stop felling. Instead, a full three day hearing will take place at Leeds High Court from 26 to 28 July.

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Just £2 could save your trees

Yesterday the high court set a date for hearing the council’s injunction request, as next Wednesday (July 26th).  This means we have little more than a week to raise as much money as we can.  High court is an expensive business,

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The Latest Independent Tree Panel Results

Another batch of Independent Tree Panel results have been published, along with the council’s final decisions. Aldam Way Blayton Road Crabtree Drive East Bank Road Ecclesall Road Lathkill Road Lees Hall Avenue Montgomery Road Oxford Street Ridgeway Road Smelter Wood

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Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust response to Nether Edge elm arboriculture reports

The council is proposing to fell a healthy and important elm tree, with no clear reason for doing so. That is our conclusion, having carefully considered the council’s recently released independent arboriculture reports as well as the Independent Tree Panel

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Save The Sheffield Elm Petition

A new petition has been started against the felling of the Chelsea Elm. “In the midst of its ill‐informed and deeply unpopular campaign of felling trees across the city, the council, in its wisdom, has decided to remove a much

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Another healthy tree felled – Whirlowdale Crescent S7

Destruction, not obstruction. Changing street scene, another healthy beauty axed now, needlessly, respected anywhere else. #saveshefftrees  https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/887640980601671680

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Another healthy tree felled – Crawford Road

Crawford Rd, today. See the chipped wood in the background, that’s ££ of env benefits flushed away, recycled as shareholder profit, happy? https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/887682909993390081

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Great Yorkshire Post Article – Read!

Welcome to Sheffield, where you’ll be ruled with iron fists. One clutching YOUR money the other wielding a huge axe! More here

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How has the tree battle come to this?

The Sheffield City Council has been, by any measure, behaving appallingly toward its citizens in its eagerness to see that healthy trees are felled. Just within the last year, they’ve carried out a dawn raid, rousing pensioners from their beds at

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Another healthy tree felled – Mona road

Mona rd, another healthy asset felled, with it all those ££ environmental benefits, what did I say about those speedy orange obliteraters More here

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Another healthy tree felled – Norfolk Park

Now you see it… 🙂 Norfolk Park. Healthy, beneficial, felled for minor damage, fixed as standard elsewhere, but Sheffield, profiteering https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/887320630588305408

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“Leave The Trees Alone” in Country Living UK – Out Now.

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1000s perfectly healthy trees needlessly felled

= private shareholder profit – benefit loss to city = £m’s. Sadder & poorer #saveshefftrees

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Support from Richard Hawley!

  “Good luck to the campaigners in court today. Please read and support the campaign”

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Great Private Eye Article – On Sale Now

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It’s the Daily Mail, but this is such a well written article – Please Read!

The chainsaw massacre: It’s survived two World Wars and Dutch Elm disease but now council jobsworths want to fell Britain’s second favourite tree Through two World Wars and a plague which all but wiped its species off the face of

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Another healthy tree felled – Warminster Crescent

Warminster Cres this AM, at same time SCC is tweeting about air pollution, you couldn’t make it up folks #saveshefftrees #sheffieldissuper More here

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Pizza Party at the Chelsea Elm this Sunday

Campaigners have organised a summer gathering under the Chelsea Elm to celebrate our wonderful trees and show support for the campaign. Sheffield Council recently announced that they would be felling the extremely rare Huntingdon Elm, ignoring the advice of their

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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.