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Citizenship

Why are two men going to prison over a tree?

Two men have been sentenced to more than four years in prison after cutting down a tree in England. But it was not just any tree: it was the Sycamore Gap tree — a beloved sight for walkers, a symbol of Northumberland and even the location of major film shoots. This report from WSJ News explores how and why a tree evoked such feeling.

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