Darwin Oak News Today

He immersed himself in the first person shooter virtual reality game of Firewall: Zero Hour. He said he hasn't needed medication ever since.

He immersed himself in the first person shooter virtual reality game of Firewall: Zero Hour. He said he hasn't needed medication ever since.

He immersed himself in the first person shooter virtual reality game of Firewall: Zero Hour. He said he hasn't needed medication ever since.

Some have called virtual reality gaming an escape, but for Billings veteran Darwin Oak, it's a lifestyle.

Local campaigners fighting to save veteran trees from the North West Relief Road in Shrewsbury have reacted with anger after Shropshire Highways boss Councillor Dan Morris refused to protect them.

A campaign to save nine veteran trees – including the 550 year old Darwin Oak – has launched in Shrewsbury.

Campaigners have been left disappointed but not surprised after Secretary of State Michael Gove rejected calls for a public inquiry into the North West Relief Road in Shrewsbury.

The tree – named after naturalist Charles Darwin, who lived in the area – could be felled to make way for the Shrewsbury North West Relief Road.

Artist Dan Llywelyn Hall, 43, said artists across the country gathered to create images of the Darwin Oak to protest its potential felling.

Better Shrewsbury Transport has launched a crowdfunder for a legal challenge to the proposed North West Relief Road in Shrewsbury.