Admiral Lord Nelson predicted the British would triumph at Trafalgar. And on 21 October 1805, as they attacked the combined Spanish and French fleets off the coast of Cádiz, he achieved exactly that.

Only her sturdy build – with more than 2,000 English oak trees used to construct her hull alone – somehow kept her afloat. After being towed to Gibraltar for repairs, HMS Victory returned to ...

According to the Woodland Trust, tree roots, such as those from oak trees, can cause subsidence - this is where your house ...

The pedunculate oak or English oak produces acorns which hang ... many famous ships including HMS Victory which consumed 6,000 trees, most of them oaks. As the Royal Navy grew, old oaks with ...

Within the site is a group of 180-year-old English oak trees, and amongst their towering 40m canopies the academics have plumbed in a network of pipes. Every day these pipes send out a stream of ...

The authority says a number of trees need to be removed during the process, including a 180-year-old oak tree, known as the Otley Tittybottle oak tree, at Tittybottle Park, along the banks of the ...

Insurers claim 80ft tree is damaging a property and must come down, but residents – including the homeowner – want to save it Direct Line, the insurance firm, claims the roots of the 80ft oak ...