Two men charged over felling of Sycamore Gap tree

Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, have been charged with criminal damage and are due to appear in court in May

Police have charged two men in their 30s over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree last September.

Daniel Michael Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, both from Cumbria, have been charged with criminal damage to the tree and to a neighbouring part of Hadrian’s Wall, which was affected when the tree fell.