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Red wrote:There was a post on the local Facebook group from someone who saw him lugging it up there comparing him to Jesus carrying the cross, but it got taken down. Haltwhistle having a normal one.

That does sound pretty standard for Haltwhistle.

Two further arrests have been made by officers investigating the felling of the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree.

The landmark, which was planted in the late 1800s and sat beside Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, was chopped down overnight on 27 September.

The tree was cut up and removed by the National Trust last month.

Two men aged in their 30s have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and bailed. A boy, 16, and a man aged in his 60s were previously held.

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A 16-year-old boy who was arrested and bailed in connection with the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree will "face no further action", police said.

Two people have been charged in connection with the felling of the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree.

Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, both from Cumbria, have been charged with criminal damage both to the tree and to the adjacent Hadrian's Wall.

The men were arrested last October and had been on bail since then, Northumbria Police said.

The pair are due to appear before Newcastle magistrates on 15 May.

The much photographed tree, which has stood next to the Roman wall since the late 1800s, was cut down in September causing an international outpouring of shock and dismay.

The tree had been popular with visitors and tourists, with millions of people travelling to the Northumberland site.

Det Ch Insp Rebecca Fenney said the force recognised "the strength of feeling in the local community and further afield".

But she reminded people "to avoid speculation, including online, which could impact the ongoing case".

PatSharpsMullet wrote:That's not Daniel Graham as Danny Graham, the ex Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Blackburn player is it? He's 38 and from Cumbria.

rinks wrote:Crashed a Land Rover into a shop while three times over the drink-drive limit? I have no problem believing it’s the same banana split.