Sheffield will receive £180,000 to plant and protect trees as part of The Woodland Trust’s ‘Emergency Tree Fund’. Sheffield City Council will receive just over 6% of the £2.9 million fund that aims to help cash-strapped local authorities create more green spaces. Andy...
The controversial two billion ‘Streets Ahead’ PFI contract says it aims to replace all the trees that have been felled within the recent weeks. Around 17,500 trees have been included in the in the contract but this is not the target. In the next five years a maximum...
Councillor Bryan Lodge, who was leading Sheffield's problematic tree-felling programme, has quit as Cabinet member for Environment and Streetscene. He resigned from the cabinet yesterday, following a disputed two-year tenure, less than a week removed from local...
A mass day long drawing and painting session will be held on Western Road, Crookes as part of Armistice Day remembrance. Organiser and artist, Dan Llywelyn Hall, said: “The 53 trees are the ‘living’ memorial. Each tree represents a soldier who did not return from the...
A tree campaigner has been found guilty of stepping into safety zones erected by Sheffield City Council to protect trees which are due to be felled. Calvin Payne, a prominent member of Sheffield Trees Action Group (STAG), was found guilty of breaching a court order,...
A new beer was launched in Sheffield on Wednesday night in support of saving the city's trees. Sheffield based brewery Exit 33 Brewing launched the Yellow Ribbon Pale Ale at a special event in the Harlequin Pub on Nursery Street on Wednesday 1 November. From each pint...
Tree campaigners in Sheffield yesterday managed to prevent workers from felling a tree in Crookes. The workers arrived at the scene on Lydgate Lane, and were met by a large number of campaigners. They claimed that the ash tree on the road had to be felled, due to a...
A Sheffield brewer has produced a signature cask ale that will raise money for residents fighting the felling of Sheffield trees. Exit 33 Brewing, a real ale brewery, have produced ‘Yellow Ribbon’, so called because of the yellow ribbons wrapped around trees in...
The Vernon Oak could be saved as a charity group are offering to step in. The 150-year-old oak tree in Dore was due to be felled this week after Sheffield City Council wanted it removed because it was damaging the pavements. Trees for Cities, who are currently the...
On Saturday afternoon Sheffield Tree Action Groups (STAG) will stage their third meeting of the week, a procession from Devonshire Green to Barker’s Pool in protest of the Council’s continued felling of thousands of street trees. The “Trees of Steel” Rally comes days...
Tree felling protests have escalated in the last few days after Sheffield City Council announced that they would fell the iconic Vernon Oak Tree this week. The council has said that the 150-year-old tree needs to be felled due to pavement damage, but campaigners argue...
Tree campaigners are to take legal action against South Yorkshire Police after potentially being wrongfully arrested. In recent months, 14 campaigners have been arrested for preventing contractors from going about their business, only to be found not guilty. In...
