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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dave Higgens, Staff Reporter

REVEALED: Council reliant on police to protect workers carrying out controversial tree felling programme report says | Rare Historical Photos

A yellow ribbon and message placed by campaigners on a tree on Rivelin Valley Road in Sheffield ( Peter Byrne/PA )

A city council and its contractor have become reliant on police protection to carry out a programme of tree-felling, a report has found.

An independent report into the policing of anti-tree-felling protests in Sheffield said the city had now become dependent on a heightened level of policing due to the controversial policy.

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