The trees were found to have been weakened by the fungal disease after a survey was carried out of about 5,000. The infection originated in Asia but has devastated European ash populations since ...

About 183,000 trees in Northumberland will be lost to a fungal disease, a council has warned. Ash dieback could kill 90-95% of European ash trees in Northumberland and the local authority says it ...

It has "devastated" the European ash variety, it said. The council said about 165 dead or dangerous trees will be removed at Crosshill, 35 at Whalley Moor Community Woodland, and one at Salthill.

"The problem is massive. We have got millions of trees," he said. The fungal infection originated in Asia, but has devastated European ash populations since its introduction 30 years ago ...