According to the Woodland Trust, the disease will kill up to 80 per cent of all ash trees in the country as native trees have no resistance to it.
The disease is caused by a non-native fungus which arrived in the UK around 30 years ago.
The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.In North Lanarkshire, evidence of infection was found in several council wards with a contractor hired to carry out remediation work in four areas.External contractors are struggling to keep up with demand as every local authority needs ash dieback to be controlled, so in future the council will limit its contracts to a maximum of two wards.
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