{"id":194326,"date":"2023-09-29T01:14:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T01:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=194326"},"modified":"2023-09-29T01:14:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T01:14:53","slug":"britains-beloved-sycamore-gap-tree-felled-in-deliberate-act-of-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/britains-beloved-sycamore-gap-tree-felled-in-deliberate-act-of-vandalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s beloved Sycamore Gap tree felled in \u2018deliberate act of vandalism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Save articles for later<\/h3>\n<p>Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>London:<\/strong> Britain\u2019s Sycamore Gap tree, a much-loved landmark whose dramatic silhouette featured in a Hollywood movie and was photographed by tourists from around the world, has been cut down in what police called a \u201cdeliberate act of vandalism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.16%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_7\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/7c939bd49a1fb0353cf535acbaebedbdbaea0677\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sycamore Gap tree located along Hadrian\u2019s Wall near the border of Scotland and England. <\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>istock<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Police said they had arrested a 16-year-old male in connection with the felling of the statuesque sycamore in northern England, which is set in a natural dip in the otherwise treeless, sweeping landscape alongside Hadrian\u2019s Wall.<\/p>\n<p>It was also known as the \u201cRobin Hood Tree\u201d after featuring in the 1991 film <em>Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs showed the tree, estimated to be hundreds of years old and voted \u201cEnglish Tree of the Year\u201d in 2016, lying on its side across the wall next to a freshly-cut stump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a world-renowned landmark and the events of today have caused significant shock, sadness and anger throughout the local community and beyond,\u201d said Superintendent Kevin Waring of Northumbria Police.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.264%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_18%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/42d93a6fe3a084844caa26bbe520e62774cbd7a3\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>An aerial view of the felled tree.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn investigation was immediately launched following this vandalism, and this afternoon we have arrested one suspect in connection with our enquiries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Trust, who look after the site alongside Northumberland National Park, said it was \u201cshocked and desperately saddened\u201d, while local lawmaker Guy Opperman said everyone was \u201cbereft\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is criminal damage and an attack on one of the nation\u2019s most famous trees,\u201d Opperman said on social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Get a note directly from our foreign <\/i><\/b><b><i>correspondents <\/i><\/b><b><i>on what\u2019s making headlines around the world. <\/i><\/b><b><i>Sign up for the weekly What in the World newsletter here<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Most Viewed in World<\/h2>\n<h3>From our partners<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/world\/europe\/britain-s-beloved-sycamore-gap-tree-felled-in-deliberate-act-of-vandalism-20230929-p5e8k8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":194325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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