SHEFFIELD HIGH COURT, 11 July 2018. report by Sheldon Hall. Undramatic scenes punctuated the inaction at today’s tedious non-hearing at Sheffield High Court. Boredom ran high as anti-climax followed breathlessly on anti-climax and non-event piled on non-event before culminating in…
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Injunction renewal hearing – 11th July 2018
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Posted in Court case reports, Court cases
Posted in Court case reports, Court cases
Papers, please: Sheffield council to demand residents carry ID
After arresting middle-aged women for blowing plastic instruments and a vicar for assault with tambourine, Sheffield’s draconian policies are reaching a new low: next time private contractor Amey comes to fell a healthy tree, residents wishing to access their own…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, Legal notices, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, Legal notices, News
Feedback from the University of Leicester street tree tour
Sheffield Street Trees and Heritage “In May 2018 STAG members supported a visit to some of the key campaign sites – and iconic street trees – for a group of undergraduate students from Leicester University. These BA Human Geography students…
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Posted in Educational visits, News
Posted in Educational visits, News
Judge dismisses council’s application to send Sheffield tree protester to jail – Yorkshire Post
Sheffield Council’s application to send an anti tree-felling protester to jail for contempt of court has been dismissed by a judge – with his ruling highlighting the chaotic scenes which unfolded between security guards and campaigners on a normally quiet…
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Posted in Blog, Court cases, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Court cases, Healthy Felling, News
Sheffield Council pays £700,000 compensation bill for tree-felling delays – Yorkshire Post
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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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
#saveshefftrees #TreeTruths – Jeremy Barrell
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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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
How court case raised political stakes in Sheffield tree-felling saga – Yorkshire Post
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…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
First report from the Crown Court – 5th June 2018
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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Posted in Blog, Court cases, News
Posted in Blog, Court cases, News
Sunday Times investigation: 110,000 trees lost to council axemen | News | The Sunday Times
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…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Sheffield Council blames ‘intimidating and violent’ protesters for latest secrecy over trees
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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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
6 AM fellings and attempts to jail protestors: this is not a fresh approach
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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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Sheffield Council’s secret policy for tree-felling revealed
Sheffield Council’s secret contract for the controversial felling of thousands of street trees focuses on minimising maintenance costs while containing no mention of removals only happening as a “last resort” as the authority has repeatedly claimed in the past, The…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Felling healthy trees is no ‘trivial matter’ – The Star
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News, Uncategorized
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News, Uncategorized
Street fighters – Protests, petitions, planting and paints. It takes all sorts to stand up for street trees -Woodland Trust
Street fighters Protests, petitions, planting and paints. It takes all sorts to stand up for street trees. The UK’s towns and cities have a long tradition of street trees. They’re part of our urban identity. We’re rightly proud of London’s…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
The Yorkshire Post says: Is Sheffield Council finally seeing the light over trees fiasco? – Yorkshire Post
It may have taken a bruising night of election results for the message to sink in where years of street protests and a more recent national outcry couldn’t, but there finally appear to be signs that Sheffield Council’s leadership has…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
‘Fresh start’ hope after Sheffield tree-felling council boss quits post – Yorkshire Post
Campaigners have called for a change in approach to Sheffield’s hugely controversial tree-felling programme after the politician in charge of the project resigned days after local election results saw the city’s ruling Labour party lose seats in areas most affected…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Animation about Sheffield’s street trees
Here’s a lovely little animation about Sheffield’s street trees created by University student Mike Burgess.
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Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
Local Elections 2018: Could Sheffield tree felling chop Labour’s majority?
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Sheffield City Council stands accused of carrying out ‘illegal’ surveillance on residents | The Canary
Labour-led Sheffield City Council stands accused of carrying out covert surveillance operations against residents and campaigners, during the ongoing dispute over the chopping down of trees in the city. Information passed to The Canary details allegations against the council. These…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
How should I vote in Sheffield if I care about the Trees PFI — or democracy? | Professor Jennifer Saul
Many, many voters in Sheffield are angry about the vast, unaccountable PFI contract between Sheffield City Council and Amey. Their reasons vary. It may be the shocking contractual requirement to fell half the city’s street trees (17,500 trees), even if…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
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.
STAG - Sheffield Tree Action Groups 