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Sheffield Council pays £700,000 compensation bill for tree-felling delays – Yorkshire Post

Posted on June 18, 2018 by sheffieldtreeactiongroups — Leave a comment

Sheffield Council has paid £700,000 in compensation to its highways maintenance contractor Amey for work delays caused by its decision to set up an independent panel to advise on its controversial tree-felling strategy – whose expert recommendations to save trees…

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#saveshefftrees #TreeTruths – Jeremy Barrell

Posted on June 9, 2018 by sheffieldtreeactiongroups — Leave a comment

Sheffield #TreeTruths 14: Amey tree expert says “canopies can trap pollution at pavement level”. Scaremongering, I’m afraid. If that really is relevant, then why has Singapore been cramming its streets & highways full of trees for the last 40 years?…

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How court case raised political stakes in Sheffield tree-felling saga – Yorkshire Post

Posted on June 8, 2018 by sheffieldtreeactiongroups — Leave a comment

Sheffield Council has won a critical legal battle against anti-tree felling protesters – but the political stakes in the saga have been raised once again. Chris Burn reports. As Mr Justice Males convicted a retired primary school teacher, a university…

First report from the Crown Court – 5th June 2018

Posted on June 6, 2018 by silvaphile — Leave a comment

It was a day of two gasps, bracketed by a pair of curve balls. The trial of Paul Brooke, Benoit Compin, Simon Crump and Fran Grace began with a lengthy preamble about procedural technicalities. Also discussed was the question of…

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Sunday Times investigation: 110,000 trees lost to council axemen | News | The Sunday Times

Posted on June 3, 2018 by sheffieldtreeactiongroups — Leave a comment

More than 110,000 trees have been chopped down in three years by councils across the UK — equivalent to a sixth of the size of Sherwood Forest. A Sunday Times investigation, using freedom of information (FoI) requests, has revealed that…

Sheffield Council blames ‘intimidating and violent’ protesters for latest secrecy over trees

Posted on June 2, 2018 by sheffieldtreeactiongroups — Leave a comment

Sheffield Council has refused to reveal another key part of its official policy for the controversial felling of thousands of street trees – on the grounds that secrecy is necessary to protect staff and the public from attacks by protesters…

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6 AM fellings and attempts to jail protestors: this is not a fresh approach

Posted on May 22, 2018 by sheffieldtreeactiongroups — Leave a comment

The recent Sheffield City Council elections were a powerful repudiation of council’s tree-felling policies and use of police in the service of multinational corporation Amey: Green Councillor Alison Teal, who the council has repeatedly and erroneously attempted to jail, increased…

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