In Sheffield, a plaque has been created to honour the protesters who fought to save thousands of street trees.

Between 2012 and 2018, Sheffield Council axed more than 5,000 trees as part of a street improvement programme, with a plan to cut down around 12,000 more.

An independent inquiry later found that the council had misled the public and planned to cut down healthy trees as well as diseased ones.

Unveiled by tree campaigner Rob McBride and Lord Mayor councillor Safiya Seed, the plaque reads:

"In recognition of the courageous campaigners who saved thousands of street trees from wrongful felling by Sheffield City Council, and as a reminder to all that such failures in leadership must never happen again. 2012-2018."

McBride takes to LinkedIn to share his thoughts, after re-visiting the "street tree massacre":

"I'm totally humbled and honoured to have been asked to unveil the commemorative plaque to the Sheffield Street Tree Campaign."

The Council made several apologies since the protests as well as agreeing to install the plaque on the city's town hall.

In May 2023, Sheffield City Council committed to fund and commission the plaque to acknowledge the significance of the Street Trees Campaign and the wrongs committed by the Council.

Councillor Tom Hunt, who became the leader of the local authority, says the plaque is a "permanent reminder" of what happened back then.