Popular with visitors as it stood at the centre of Priory Gardens, off Church Road in Gorleston, the beech tree had to be cut down after safety checks were carried out.

The popular beech tree being removed in Gorleston. Image: Jason Silom (Image: Jason Silom) As mushrooms were found to be growing on the trunk of the tree before Christmas, Great Yarmouth Borough Council said this was "a sign that the tree is........

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