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Who planted the Sycamore Gap tree?
When the Sycamore Gap tree was felled, many began to wonder how the tree, so perfectly positioned in the central dip of the ...
They cut down England’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree. Now they face over 4 years in prison
LONDON (AP) — Vandals who cut down England’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree were sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in ...
U.K. men sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for cutting down iconic Sycamore Gap Tree
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for cutting down the iconic Sycamore Gap Tree ...
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The Largest Section of the Beloved Sycamore Gap Tree Is Going on Display in England
The iconic tree was illegally chopped down in September 2023, but its memory will live on in the form of a new art ...
The fate of the Sycamore Gap tree has shed light on a deeper concern with British woodland
James Canton spent two years sitting beneath an 800-year-old oak tree near his home in Essex, watching acorns fatten and ...
How a ‘single strand of intelligence’ brought down the Sycamore Gap tree fellers
Amid the national outrage over the chopping down of the Sycamore Gap tree, the responsibility of finding the vandals fell ...
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The pointless chopping down of Sycamore Gap tree still infuriates me - I hope it haunts pair forever
The pair behind the senseless felling of the Sycamore Gap tree learned their fate this week. Daniel Graham, 39, and his accomplice, Adam Carruthers, 32, were sentenced to more than four years' ...
Why the Sycamore Gap tree provoked such strong emotional reactions: A psychologist explains
In September 2023, so many people were shocked when the famous Sycamore Gap tree, thriving in a dip along Hadrian's Wall, was ...