Sheffield councillor charged over tree protest
Coun Alison Teal, who represents the Green Party, was one of seven protesters arrested over a demonstration staged in Chippinghouse Road, Nether Edge, when council contractors arrived to fell a horse chestnut yesterday.
Coun Teal was one of four women and three men arrested under trade union legislation which is intended to stop people preventing others from working.
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Hide AdTrees are being felled across Sheffield as part of a city-wide road and street improvement programme.
Two protesters arrested last year over a similar demonstration on Marden Road, Nether Edge, are due to go on trial at Sheffield Magistrates' Court on March 9.
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