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Harry Low - BBC NewsThu, April 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM UTC3 min readThe chief executive of the company which felled an ancient oak has apologised and admitted, "We need to tighten our protocols," in a letter to locals seen by the BBC. The owners of pub chain Toby Carvery cut down the 500-year-old oak despite a March 2024 planning document that called it a "fine specimen", and the council stated it had centuries to live.

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Toby Carvery's chief executive has apologised after the company felled an ancient oak tree and admitted "we need to tighten our protocols" in a letter seen by the BBC. The pub chain's owner cut down the 500-year-old oak despite a March 2024 planning document that called it a "fine specimen", and the …

1 week ago | bbc.com | Harry Low

An ancient oak felled in a north London park by Toby Carvery's owners was classified last year as a "fine specimen" with a life expectancy of at least 50 years, planning documents show. Pub chain Mitchells & Butlers admitted on Tuesday it was responsible for chopping down the 500-year-old tree "to protect our employees and guests as well as the wider general public".

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Tony Grew |Harry Low

The cutting down of an ancient oak in north London was ordered on health and safety grounds by the pub chain that owns Toby Carvery after it was told the tree was dead. The felled oak, estimated to be about 500 years old, was found by council workers at the edge of Whitewebbs Park in Enfield earlier in April. An emergency tree preservation order has now been imposed on what remains of the tree, which is near a Toby Carvery.

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A mother who murdered her two young sons in the bath in east London has been sentenced to life imprisonment in what police have described as "an incredibly tragic case". Kara Alexander, 47, of Dagenham, was found guilty of killing Elijah Thomas, two, and Marley Thomas, five, at their home in Cornwallis Road in December 2022. At Kingston Crown Court on Friday, Mr Justice Bennathan sentenced Alexander to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years and 252 days.