Hundreds of new trees for century-old wood
LONDON Mayor Sadiq Khan has promised that an entire new woodland will be planted in Yeading in a bid to increase the number of trees in London.
Around 1,500 trees will be planted in a joint partnership between the mayor, London Wildlife Trust and the Environment Agency, in Ten Acre Wood.
The planting is expected to take place on December 1 and 2, when 40,000 trees will be planted simultaneously across 21 boroughs in London.
The work at Ten Acre Wood aims “to create a habitat of wet woodland which will also help to hold and control floodwater,” said a London Wildlife Trust spokesman.
City Hall’s funding comes from community tree planting grants and is part of the mayor’s Greener City Fund.
Mr Khan hopes to increase the current proportion of London’s land area under tree canopy by 10 per cent by 2050.
Ten Acre Wood previously underwent major work, carried out by volunteers, to build footpaths and improve visitor facilities.
Mr Khan said: “Our much-loved green spaces boost our environment and
City Hall want our new woodland funding to improve our green belt
A YOUNG child was rushed to hospital after a collision with a car in Uxbridge on Sunday.
A large police presence was spotted in Vine Lane following the crash at just after 6pm.
The young boy suffered a head injury but his injuries were described as not life-threatening.
The BMW involved in the incident stopped at the scene and nobody has enhance our quality of life and I’m committed to planting thousands of new trees.
“City Hall want our new woodland funding to help improve our green belt and I’ve written to all London boroughs asking them to nominate suitable sites.
“We are also delivering 40,000 new trees been arrested as a result of the collision.
A Met Police spokeswoman said that the boy is believed to have been around six or seven years old although his exact age is not known at this stage.
She said: “Police were called at 6.11pm. The boy was taken to hospital with a head injury. It is not life threatening.
“He is going to be fine.”