Demonstrations outside tree-felling court hearing in Sheffield
by Frances Perraudin North of England reporter from on (#23M8W)
Protesters gather to support Simon Crump and Calvin Payne, who appeared in court after trying to save 100-year-old tree
Approximately 150 people have staged a protest in support of two men who appeared in court in Sheffield after they tried to stop a 100-year-old tree being cut down.
Simon Crump and Calvin Payne are two of five people to have been arrested in the long-running battle over the local authority's tree-felling programme.
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