Tory councillor Richard Bingley signed off night-time mass felling as part of £12m regeneration scheme.
image: for illustration – Plymouth as seen from the Wheel of Plymouth by Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Guardian writes:
A council leader who has been embroiled in a row after ordering the felling of more than 100 trees is to resign.
Richard Bingley, the leader of Plymouth city council, plans to step down next week as leader of the Conservative group and head of the authority.
He signed an executive decision that resulted in 110 trees being cut down in Armada Way on Tuesday night last week to make way for a £12m regeneration scheme in the city centre…
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