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Rooting out callous vandals
Leicester Mercury
|December 03, 2025
MINDLESS acts of vandalism are a sad fact of modern life, but when the Sycamore Gap tree was deliberately felled in the dead of night, the whole country was shocked.
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It was the morning of September 28, 2023, when news of this special tree’s demise spread across social media, sparking grief and shock.
This story is from the December 03, 2025 edition of Leicester Mercury.
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