Couple say tree near home is causing ‘mayhem’ and must be controlled | UK News

A couple are pleading with their council to cut back a tree causing ‘mayhem’ on council-owned land near their home.

Rod and Lynn Moore, of Heeley, Sheffield, said the council hasn’t cut back the tree in six years due to ‘budget pressures’.

Residents have complained that it blocks light into their homes, has caused roof damage, and that falling leaves and branches pose a danger to elderly residents.

The mammoth tree has also allegedly caused cracks in the pavement, putting residents at their wit’s end.

Rod told The Star: ‘It’s causing more and more mayhem and we are just lost. We don’t want the tree cut down, we aren’t asking for that – we are only asking for it to be cut back to a reasonable level.

‘We are fed up of sitting in a dull, dark and dingy kitchen.’

Rob said the council currently inspects the tree every three years to see if it needs any work, and most recently checked it earlier this year – though nothing has been done.

Metro.co.uk has reached out to Sheffield City Council for comment on the matter.

The havoc caused by the Sheffield tree may be irritating to residents, but it hasn’t caused nearly as much chaos as the tree in this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert.

This year’s advert tells the story of Snapper, an uncontrollable but lovable Venus flytrap, who grows so large that he’s forced to be put outside.

Snapper looks distraught when he’s cast out into the cold and forced to watch festive activities from the garden, witnessing as a traditional Christmas tree is put up, much to the boy’s dismay.

When Christmas day arrives, the young boy decides to take a present from the tree and place it on the snowy ground by his devastated plant friend, before his family goes out to join him.

The main message of the advert – which is titled ‘Snapper, the perfect tree’ – is celebrating old family traditions, as well as embracing new ones that might have evolved over time.

But other foliage has continued to make life difficult for UK residents – including a bush in Blackburn.

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