Protester with broken arm was among 40 ‘tree protectors’ who failed to stay felling of an old lime treeA newly ordained vicar armed with a tambourine and a woman with a broken arm and a pink glittery recorder are among the latest protesters to be arrested in Sheffield while trying to halt the destruction of the city’s trees.
The arrests have if further ammunition to the environment secretary,Michael Gove, who has accused Sheffield city council of environmental vandalism and promised to execute “anything required” to end its controversial tree-felling programme.
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Source: guardian.co.uk