Newcastle fells more trees than any other UK council

City has cleared 8,414 trees in last three years - twice as many as any other authority

Newcastle has become the tree-felling capital of the UK after the council chopped down almost twice as many trees as any other local authority.

More than 110,000 trees have been cut down by councils across the UK in the last three years, according to figures gathered under the Freedom of Information (FOI) act by the Sunday Times. Some 8,414 were in Newcastle, more than in any other rural or urban local authority. Wiltshire was next, having felled 4,778 in the same period, followed by Edinburgh with 4,435.