Geography | Citizenship

Lawyers fight to save Chester the tree

Rooting for change: A 150-year-old tree (pictured above) has become the focus of a community fight against plans by a developer to construct a 14-storey luxury apartment block on the site of a former nightclub.

Are the courts the best way to stop the climate crisis? One humble tree stands tall at the centre of a global struggle for a greener world. But can the law really protect us from mankind’s greatest threat?