New shoots growing from the Sycamore Gap tree are a "real cause for optimism", according to the National Trust. There are 25 ...

Gardeners who have tree stumps rotting in their garden have been urged not to touch it. After months of winter, most of our gardens are now full of all sorts of detritus. Piles of rotting leaves ...

But there is now fresh hope the tree — which had stood in a dip in Roman landmark Hadrian's Wall — will live on as eight new shoots have emerged from the base of the stump. Signs of new life ...