Nightmare On Lime Street ; Outrage As Bosses of Leafy Borough Plan to Axe 4,500 Trees

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A LONDON council has caused a furore after threatening to cut down one in five of its trees. Ealing council says the 4,500 lime trees are too expensive to maintain and are the cause of large insurance payouts because of the "compensation culture".

But this has provoked fury from residents and environmentalists, who fear the borough's reputation as the "queen of the suburbs" will be destroyed.

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Nightmare On Lime Street ; Outrage As Bosses of Leafy Borough Plan to Axe 4,500 Trees

Secret plans have been drawn up to reduce the number of lime trees in Ealing - almost one in five of its tree population - because th...

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