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Defra and the Forestry Commission have announced tough new penalties for landowners who fell trees without a licence. The package of measures came into

The devastation of a copse of mature oak trees at a West Wight caravan park is being investigated by the Forestry Commisson. Residents of the Cranmore area estimate more than 70 oaks and other trees — home to red squirrels, dormice, bats and birds — were chopped down by contractors over the weekend. Silver Glades Caravan Park park is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A spokesperson for the Forestry Commission said: “We take the protection of trees and woodlands extremel...