Sheffield council urged to drop plans to fell war memorial trees
by Frances Perraudin North of England reporter from on (#23G2S)
Trees planted in memory of a school's former pupils killed in first world war set to be cut down in road maintenance project
Campaigners are demanding that Sheffield council re-examine plans to cut down trees planted to honour soldiers killed in the first world war, in the latest development of the long-running battle over the local authority's tree-felling programme.
The 23 trees on Western Road in the Crookes area of the city were planted in memory of a group of young soldiers who attended nearby Westways primary school and were killed in the war.
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