Arbouring offenders: Italian town’s tree-climbing ban prompts outcry

Critics say plan to issue fines of up to €500 for climbing trees in Oderzo’s public spaces is ‘absurd’

An Italian council has come under fire for banning people from climbing trees.

Anyone caught climbing a tree in public spaces in the centre of Oderzo, a town in the northern province of Treviso, risks fines of between €25 (£21) and €500 (£428).