It's a peculiar trait of Britishness that the felling of a tree can provoke more outrage than crimes which, on the face of it ...

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were best mates when they illegally felled the much-loved Sycamore Gap tree together. How ...

At Newcastle Crown Court this week, former best friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, protested their innocence right to the end, even in the face of much evidence to the contrary.

The court was shown evidence that either put the men near the tree at the time it was felled, or showed them excitedly discussing it the next day as the story of the tree’s demise went viral.

Walter Renwick, 70, was named on social media as being responsible for felling the famous landmark, in September 2023, and ...

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