TracyWalker commented Claims of 'vandalism' after landmark weeping willow tree on Toton...

A nature expert says the felling of a 50-year-old weeping willow tree on a main route is "vandalism".The tree had stood on Bardills Island, Stapleford, at the junction of the A52 Brian Clough Way and Toton Lane, for around half a century and was a "major feature in the landscape", says Norman Lewis.The unprotected tree was on private land and its owners say it was diseased and in danger of falling down, potentially causing a hazard.But Mr Lewis, who is chairman of conservation group...