The giant sequoia is a snow tree ... he wanted to climb the tree himself. Not to take photos, he explained. “Just to say goodbye.” He put on a harness and a helmet, clipped onto a rope ...

A grove of some of the oldest redwoods growing in the UK has been saved. Seven giant sequoia trees in Ketton, Rutland, faced the axe in expansion plans at Grange Top Quarry, but a campaign by ...