More than four-fifths of people cannot identify an ash tree from its leaves and almost half cannot recognise an oak, a survey has revealed. Members of the public are being encouraged to report signs ...

A decade after ash dieback was found in the UK, there is still a real threat of importing other diseases with a “similarly devastating” impact, conservationists warn. The disease, which causes leaf ...

Rudyard Kipling once wrote that the graceful ash would stand proud in our woodlands and hedgerows ‘till Judgment Tide’. For anyone who loves Britain’s patchwork countryside, it has been impossible to ...

British trees are under threat from the increasing number and severity of dangerous diseases that are already having a major impact on landscapes, the National Trust has warned. Diseases such as ash ...

At least ten tree diseases and pests are now ‘epidemic’ in Britain, including ash dieback, according to a Government adviser. By Louise Gray and Louisegray 26 November 2012 • 7:04pm A total of 19 ...

Britain’s forests have been granted a reprieve from the deadly disease ash dieback, after scientists discovered how to predict which trees will survive an infection. Researchers at the University of ...

Mike Seville, forest and woodlands adviser at the Country Land and Business Association, with an update on some of the devastating new diseases stalking our forests The recent ban on the import of ...

Could a tree injection help fight ash dieback and other tree diseases infecting our forests? At a trial site in Northamptonshire a prototype is being tested - a fungicide, derived from garlic, is ...

A deadly fungus is spreading "more quickly and lethally" through the UK's ash trees than experts had anticipated, BBC Wales has learnt. Millions of diseased trees near buildings, roads and railways ...