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Almost 455,000 trees have been felled across the country by local councils over the past 10 years, i can reveal.

Campaigners have said more must be done to preserve trees and have accused councils of prioritising planning developments over environmental concerns.

Freedom of Information (FOI) requests sent to all 382 councils in the UK revealed North Lanarkshire felled the highest amount of trees at 31,480, followed by Birmingham with 21,486 and Hampshire County with 18,535 trees felled over the last decade.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh no sorry, that 35 years was if you're planting 10 trees for every 1 you cut down (have a look at the calculator!)