Man in his 60s arrested over felling of famous Hadrian’s Wall tree

A man has been arrested over the felling of the famous tree (PA)

Police investigating the “senseless destruction” of a world-famous tree next to Hadrian’s Wall have made a second arrest.

The Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland was cut down overnight between Wednesday and Thursday in what detectives have called a “deliberate act of vandalism”.