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SHEFFIELD Council has already suffered considerable reputational damage through the mishandling of its now notorious tree-felling programme, a major failure of public policy which resulted in dozens of police officers and private security guards being deployed to normally quiet residential…
Sheffield Council has ruled it is in the “greater good” to keep its official policy for the controversial felling of thousands of the city’s street trees secret The council has rejected a Freedom of Information request by The Yorkshire Post…
I heard a story this week of an old man and a cherry tree. The man was near the end of his life and could no longer go outside. He had visitors and he could watch television, but what anchored…
No felling: So another week without felling has gone by, which has again been lovely. Conflicting rumours abound about whether the felling crews will be back next week or not. There are some hints that they might, and other rumours…
Mass arrests, poisoned-tea plots and the unravelling of a secret £2.2bn PFI contract. Colin Drury delves into the inside story of the battle to save 20,000 trees being felled in a single city Jenny Hockey still shivers when she remembers the…
‘I salute you’ – that was the message from Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker as he returned to Sheffield to join hundreds of tree protesters in a march to the City Hall. A downpour of rain did not stop hundreds of…
AS an enthusiastic tree-hugger – I have been President of the Woodland Trust for more than 12 years – I have found the unhappy saga of Sheffield taking an axe to so many of its roadside trees hard to countenance…
Seventeen years ago, a song called ‘The Trees’ was among the final singles released by Jarvis Cocker’s much-loved band Pulp. Now one of Sheffield’s most-famous sons is playing an increasingly-prominent role in the growing campaign to save thousands of the…
Around 200 residents and campaigners came outin force on Wednesday 4 April to show their opposition to the possible felling of trees planted in memory of the First World War. A momentary pause? Sheffield City Council and its contractor Amey…
One morning late last summer, I awoke to the sound of a chainsaw angrily working its way through one of the large mature trees that overhang my back garden. I went out in my pyjamas to remonstrate with the chainsaw…
No Felling(ish!) No felling this week anywhere in Sheffield, which is incredibly good news. We say no felling, there was the felling of one tree on Sheldon Road, however this was a tree that was causing proven (after two years…
People are extremely upset about healthy trees being chopped down in one of Europe’s greenest cities as part of a PFI deal. Here’s everything you need to know about the ongoing saga Healthy trees in one of Europe’s greenest cities…
The struggle to save a city’s trees divides people and politicians Trees breathe life into our urban landscapes, a reminder of the natural world amid the city smog. Even the most mild-mannered, stoical Brits can be radicalised to defend their place…
Half of the 36,000 trees on its streets were sentenced to felling Thirty neighbors have been arrested in the protests Some call themselves ‘squirrels’, others ‘rabbits’, others ‘lizards’. The residents of Sheffield have decided to reincarnate in the urban fauna…
Sheffield City Council’s announcement that it is to pause felling of street trees is timely after the Woodland Trust and Trees for Cities presented evidence to the council questioning its tree felling assessments Three weeks after submitting an independent report,…
THE pragmatists might have hailed Sheffield City Council’s decision to suspend its tree-felling programme as a victory for common sense after this act of environmental vandalism earned national notoriety. Meanwhile the more cynical will point to the suspension’s timing, and…
HIGH , LOWER AND LOWEST THE HIGH – possibly… Sheffield City Council announces they are “pausing” the tree fellings for “several weeks”. See STAG FB page and STAG NEWS FB to join in the celebration, find out the details and…
Sheffield city council has announced an immediate pause of its controversial tree-felling scheme after a barrage of criticism. Thousands of trees assessed as dead, dying, dangerous or diseased have been cut down under a £2bn project to improve the condition…