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Boris Johnson pledges 40,000 more ‘pollution-busting' trees for London

London Mayor Boris Johnson has launched a plan to plant 40,000 more trees in the capital after a survey showed the city's eight million trees are worth £6.1bn to the local economy. The initiative, launched...

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