Man in his 60s bailed over felling of landmark Sycamore Gap tree

Forensic investigators from Northumbria Police examine the felled Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian’s Wall (Owen Humphreys/PA)

A man in his 60s arrested in connection with the felling of a world-famous tree near Hadrian’s Wall in Britain has been bailed.

The Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland, believed to have been about 300 years old, was cut down overnight between Wednesday and Thursday.