Woman injured by falling tree during Storm Henk in Orpington

Woman injured by falling tree during Storm Henk in Orpington

The incident happened in Station Approach just before 3.15pm today (January 2). Police, London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade attended and found a woman injured. She was taken to hospital for treatment where... Read more »
Trafalgar Square Christmas tree: Annual gift to London from Norway mocked by onlookers as ‘half dead’ | UK News

Trafalgar Square Christmas tree: Annual gift to London from Norway mocked by onlookers as ‘half dead’ | UK News

This year’s Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is missing in parts and looks “quite dead”, according to reactions on social media and from passers-by. The tall spruce, which has been lifted into its... Read more »
Why is a tree from Kensington, Md., growing in London?

Why is a tree from Kensington, Md., growing in London?

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave On our first trip to England in 2006, my wife and I discovered by accident a sweet gum tree growing not far from our... Read more »
Paris Hilton cradles son Phoenix by the pink Christmas tree she lit in honor of her newborn daughter London

Paris Hilton cradles son Phoenix by the pink Christmas tree she lit in honor of her newborn daughter London

Paris Hilton cradled her baby son Phoenix as she sat by the pink Christmas tree she lit for her newborn daughter London. She shocked the world on Thanksgiving by announcing her younger... Read more »
Hammocks, dawn raids and court dates: the fight to save a London tree | Conservation

Hammocks, dawn raids and court dates: the fight to save a London tree | Conservation

On a warm midsummer evening in 2022, I stood under a plane tree on the corner of a north London red-brick street and chatted with Marcus Decker, who was then preparing for... Read more »
London’s most emblematic tree is under threat. Is biodiversity the answer?

London’s most emblematic tree is under threat. Is biodiversity the answer?

One rainy morning this April, the residents of Senlac Road in Lewisham, south London, gathered for a funeral. The ceremony was not for a person but for a London plane tree that... Read more »
Sheltered housing tenants receive new tree to replace ‘unsightly stump’ – South London News

Sheltered housing tenants receive new tree to replace ‘unsightly stump’ – South London News

The gloom of a dead tree stump has been removed and a new tree has been planted just in time for summer to bring a little bit of cheer to a sheltered... Read more »
Thousands of vulnerable children in London are waking up to Christmas presents thanks to the generosity of people who donated to the Met Christmas Tree Appeal this year

Thousands of vulnerable children in London are waking up to Christmas presents thanks to the generosity of people who donated to the Met Christmas Tree Appeal this year

  In six weeks, more than £70,000 has been raised to buy toys for children who are from low-income families, in foster care, residential care homes, refuges or hospitals. Staff from the... Read more »
What a baubles up! Wonky Christmas tree gets chins wagging – South London News

What a baubles up! Wonky Christmas tree gets chins wagging – South London News

By Adrian Zorzut, Local Democracy Reporter One council’s bid to create some festive cheer for shoppers got some residents talking for all the wrong reasons. Westminster City Council (WCC) planted this year’s... Read more »
Green Elf Trees and Stuart team on sustainable Christmas tree deliveries across London — Retail Technology Innovation Hub

Green Elf Trees and Stuart team on sustainable Christmas tree deliveries across London — Retail Technology Innovation Hub

Green Elf Trees is partnering with Stuart to deliver locally sourced Christmas trees to customers (within the M25) over the festive period. The tie up will see trees dispatched from Stuart’s delivery... Read more »