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Some local and national authorities are empowered to fell trees for purposes of safety or access. local authorities can cut back or fell trees and bushes which obscure public rights of way, including footpaths, or which obstruct light from street lamps or the sightlines of car drivers. Railway authorities, land drainage authorities, electricity authorities and...