Many Brits don’t think about the web of roots caused by trees in their garden until it's too late. Roots can ruin driveways and cause costly damage. Sometimes roots will have to be removed to avoid ...

The tree in question blocks light, overhangs the road, drops sticky sap and attracts many pigeons - David Bagnall/Alamy Stock Photo Twenty years ago, our local council planted a maple tree on the ...

Advice for growing trees: roots of a young tree, being planted with a stake. Credit: Photo: GARDENERS' WORLD MAGAZINE One of the most common fears with trees is that their roots will damage house ...

A MAN fears his property could be broken apart by the roots of a huge overgrown tree. Ken Keeping, of Tinkler Side, Basildon, claims the council is ignoring his requests to cut the tree back after he ...

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Certain tree species have root systems so extensive and water-hungry that they can cause serious structural damage to ...

caused to property in Ealing. The semi-detached house at the centre of the case has suffered subsidence damage and the court had been asked to decide the cause of that damage – whether it was as a ...

Councillors are facing the fury of concerned homeowners after they were told the 'Jack and the Beanstalk' tree that they believe threatens their homes has to stay - because it was vital for ...

Alarm said that 16 authorities in the South-East recently collated claims data from the last seven years, revealing over 5000 notified incidents of subsidence, where trees had been implicated in the ...

A historic cricket club is faced with the threat of closure over a costly lawsuit involving tree root damage. Members of the 129-year-old Chingford Cricket Club, in Kimberley Way, have been warned ...