2nd Arrest in UK Over Felling of Much-Loved Tree Near Hadrian’s Wall

Forensic investigators from Northumbria Police examine the felled Sycamore Gap tree, in Northumberland, England, on Sept. 29, 2023. Owen Humphreys/PA via AP

LONDON—British police on Friday made their second arrest over the cutting down of a 300-year-old tree near the Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall in the northeast of England.

Hours after a 16-year-old was freed on bail, Northumbria Police said a man in his 60s was arrested and is being questioned in custody.