Video: Wild Pear tree dating back 250 years and once voted England’s tree of the year is chopped down to make way for HS2 high-speed rail link after failed campaign to save it from the axe
Footage shows construction workers hacking down long-standing pear tree to make way for HS2 High-speed railway line in the north-eastern outskirts of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England.