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Article: Anger as protected tree is hacked back.
- Article from:
- Scarborough Evening News (Scarborough, England)
- Article date:
- June 2, 2008
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THE near destruction of a protected Scarborough beech tree is being probed by councillors.
The beech tree has stood for many years near the old chapel in Manor Road, but residents were dismayed to find its branches had been cut down recently.
One resident said: "This big, beautiful old beech tree has been drastically cut back to its trunk.
"It is unbelievable that someone would want to do this."
Phil Yardley, the council's tree and woodlands officer, admitted the tree had been "destroyed by inappropriate and unnecessary operations" which, as yet, remain unknown.
Scarborough Civic Society chairman Adrian Perry said: ...