Independent: More than six million larch trees are to be cut down in Wales to try to halt the spread of a deadly disease, according to a report.
Phytophthora ramorum, whose first name means literally plant destroyer, was first found in the UK at a garden centre in Sussex in 2002 and was first found in Wales just five years ago. It has not yet been found on trees in Scotland, but the fungus-like pathogen has been detected in the south-west of the country.
In January, leading scientists warned Britains...