The weeping ash was thought to be more than 100 years old The "Tree of Life" fell down on Saturday morning It grew in the grounds of the "Garden Of Eden", created by Bedford's Panacea Society The ...

"Our study busts the myth that trees are the ultimate panacea for overheating cities across the globe," said Dr. Ronita Bardhan, Associate Professor of Sustainable Built Environment at the ...

The Panacea Society, in Bedford, was founded in 1919 by Mabel Barltrop, who claimed to be the daughter of God. In 1924 it acquired a cradle that had belonged to Joanna Southcott, who the society ...