Commuters face a battering from 55mph gusts this morning after overnight winds brought trees down

Hold onto your lattes! Commuters face a battering from 55mph gusts this morning after overnight winds brought trees and shop signs crashing down – with mix of sun and showers to last all week Met Office chiefs have today issued a yellow weather warning, with high winds sweeping across the south Brighton was the windiest … Read more

National Trust accused of hypocrisy for using fake PLASTIC trees to celebrate blossom season

The National Trust has been condemned online after using plastic trees to promote its campaign urging Britons to celebrate the blossom season.  Britons took to Twitter to slam the heritage body after it emerged that the Trust’s #BlossomWatch campaign was being promoted on faux trees on London’s New Bond Street. Posters which read ‘Join a … Read more

National Trust accused of hypocrisy for using fake PLASTIC trees to celebrate blossom season

The National Trust has been condemned online after using plastic trees to promote its campaign urging Britons to celebrate the blossom season.  Britons took to Twitter to slam the heritage body after it emerged that the Trust’s #BlossomWatch campaign was being promoted on faux trees on London’s New Bond Street. Posters which read ‘Join a … Read more

The banks that grow trees as well as your savings

The banks that grow trees as well as your savings: NS&I to launch new ‘green’ account this summer Oxbury Bank’s Forest Saver account funds woodland creation projects  Gatehouse Bank has launched a range of Green Saver fixed-rate bonds and Isas  Triodos Bank lends your money to environmental, cultural and social projects  By Sylvia Morris For The … Read more

Police arrest man, 24, after 50 trees were chopped down along banks of Thames in Surrey

Police officers hunting for a mystery vandal who chopped down 50 trees along the banks of the Thames in Surrey have arrested a 24-year-old man who was found with chainsaws in his van.   Council officials and detectives had been left baffled by the series of tree axing which started on Sunday, March 21 and a … Read more

Police arrest man, 24, after 50 trees were chopped down along banks of Thames in Surrey

Police officers hunting for a mystery vandal who chopped down 50 trees along the banks of the Thames in Surrey have arrested a 24-year-old man who was found with chainsaws in his van.   Council officials and detectives had been left baffled by the series of tree axing which started on Sunday, March 21 and a … Read more

Michael Richards and wife Beth Skipp are being sued for ‘cutting neighbor’s 30-year-old trees’

Michael Richards and wife Beth Skipp’s are being sued by their neighbor, Maxine Adams, for ‘maliciously’ cutting trees on her Pacific Palisades property on April 2.  The Seinfeld star, 71, and spouse of 10 years are under fire for allegedly chopping down her ‘mature Brazilian Pepper Trees and underbrush,’ according to documents obtained by TMZ.  Adams, whose … Read more

Our ancient ancestor ‘Little Foot’ was a creature of the trees more than 3 MILLION years ago

Our ancient ancestor ‘Little Foot’ was a creature of the trees! New analysis of the hominin’s shoulder reveals she was hanging from branches more than 3 MILLION years ago Little Foot is a skeleton of our ancient ancestor that lived 3.67 million years ago A new analysis of the creature’s shoulder assembly shows it adapted to … Read more

UK scientists search for ‘Moon Trees’ grown from seeds taken on 1971 NASA Apollo 14 mission

There could be 15 trees throughout the UK grown from seeds that were flown around the moon by NASA on the Apollo 14 mission, and scientists are trying to find them. The Moon Trees, grown from orbiting seeds flown in 1971, could be anywhere in the UK, including in private gardens, according to the Royal … Read more

Phantom lumberjack strikes again: Police ramp up hunt for chainsaw vandal as MORE trees felled

Police have stepped up the hunt for a phantom lumberjack who has felled more than 50 trees in less than a month in Surrey. After a break of almost a week with no trees being felled, eight more were chainsawed down by the crook at the weekend. Despite increasing night time patrols with the help … Read more