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This is what the trees looked like before and after ( credit to Google Images and Edward Gretton) A car dealership has issued an apology after destroying eleven trees in Wimbledon. Trust Ford, who recently acquired the Cambria Automobiles’ Ford dealership, caused outrage across Merton after they removed a set of mature trees. Formerly known as Dees, the Wimbledon site has been rebranded and opened at Plough lane on May 14. On Saturday (May 15), residents slammed the company for failing the environment after discovering the illegal felling of eleven trees. The Wandle Valley Forum suggested that the trees fall directly within the Copper Mill Lane conservation area and that the felling would have required consent from Merton Council.
A homeless man has thanked residents for helping him return to his former life in an emotional letter that can be found on a wall in Wimbledon Village. The man, known as Robert, said he relocated to the village in the hopes to seek safety from the horrors of Wimbledon Broadway. In the letter, as seen by Wimbledon Times, Robert highlighted how kind-hearted residents pressured the council to help him. He said: I arrived here in the village seeking safety from the horrors of Wimbledon Broadway, though sadly there was to be no immediate escape from the indifference of our wonderful local council.
In November, the government made a commitment to ending the sale of diesel and petrol cars by 2030. This historic move has seen funding of nearly £1.8 billion invested in infrastructure and grants to work towards zero-emission vehicles. Currently, there are over 235,000 pure-electric cars on UK roads, but there is still a long way to go to ensure that all cars are electric. And whilst the positives of electric cars are evident, is this green move entirely deserving of such praise? Electric cars are famous for being the green alternative to driving, and in a world consumed by pressing climate issues, a low carbon footprint alternative is welcomed eagerly. However, electric cars are not perfect - if the electricity used to charge the car is generated through burning fossil fuels, the CO2 emissions are still astronomical. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, electric cars actually generate more carbon emissions that diesel and petrol cars, as sourcing the
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