Making the news today....

[Mick Dempsey]

I would like to indulge in sexual congress with Katy Perry.

But we’re not listening to her records after.

[sime42]

Come on then, who was it?

 

300–500 Year Old Ancient Oak Tree Cut down in Whitewebbs, Enfield

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Above: All that remains of the oak after 300–500 years of life. “I can't believe this has happened. This is a loss of a National...

 

 

Felling of ancient oak tree in Enfield sparks Met Police probe

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The cutting down of the tree in a park in Enfield has been described by locals as "devastating".

 

 

 

 

Edited April 15 by sime42

[redmoosefaction]

No tpo, no conservation, leased land to private company, nothing to see hear.. have the number plates been taken off? Perhaps go and ask smart platforms from Hemel who rented their cherry picker on that date🤣.. It's not difficult.

[Stubby]

7 hours ago, sime42 said:

Come on then, who was it?

 

300–500 Year Old Ancient Oak Tree Cut down in Whitewebbs, Enfield

WWW.THORSTREES.CO.UK

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Above: All that remains of the oak after 300–500 years of life. “I can't believe this has happened. This is a loss of a National...

 

 

Felling of ancient oak tree in Enfield sparks Met Police probe

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The cutting down of the tree in a park in Enfield has been described by locals as "devastating".

 

 

 

 

No crime as far as I can tell . Its not felled anyway . They have made it into a veteran pollard maybe ? Also I see notices attached to the trunk .  

[Johnsond]

Over 700 today and 9000 this year so far at £42000 per head. Smashing the gangs is obviously failing miserably. 
The desperate scramble to source coking coal is another example of the lunacy of this government’s policy 

[sime42]

19 minutes ago, Stubby said:

No crime as far as I can tell . Its not felled anyway . They have made it into a veteran pollard maybe ? Also I see notices attached to the trunk .  

 

True enough. It just seems a shame to have carried out such a brutal pollard operation on a decent looking tree, unless there was a valid reason. It'll be interesting to see the details come out on the story. Probably authorised by an office bod somewhere, who's never seen the tree.

 

 

[Stubby]

29 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

True enough. It just seems a shame to have carried out such a brutal pollard operation on a decent looking tree, unless there was a valid reason. It'll be interesting to see the details come out on the story. Probably authorised by an office bod somewhere, who's never seen the tree.

 

 

I going with there being a valid reason .

[sime42]

M and B, who own a Toby Carvery nextdoor, thought it was dead. So I've just heard. I reckon they saw a photo of it in the winter.

 

 

[Treewolf]

1 hour ago, redmoosefaction said:

No tpo, no conservation, leased land to private company, nothing to see hear.. have the number plates been taken off? Perhaps go and ask smart platforms from Hemel who rented their cherry picker on that date🤣.. It's not difficult.

The number plates are visible in other reports. Apparently Toby Carvery which leases the land from the council engaged contractors to fell the tree for "health and safety" reasons. It seems no-one contacted the land-owner nor sought permission, and the Police are investigating possible criminal damage.

 

No TPO apparently because the LA owns the land.

 

I don't think slaughtering a healthy tree of huge ecological importance counts as corporate manslaughter (treeslaughter?) but hopefully a substantial fine may serve as a warning to others.

Edited April 15 by Treewolf

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, sime42 said:

M and B, who own a Toby Carvery nextdoor, thought it was dead. So I've just heard. I reckon they saw a photo of it in the winter.

 

 

So did Toby carve it down ? 🙂