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Ancient oaks in running for UK's Tree of the Year
The trees - in the Highlands, Midlothian and Scottish Borders - are each at least 1,000-years-old.
BBC News
The Tree of the Year competition is held in the United Kingdom in autumn each year by the Woodland Trust, a nationwide conservation charity. Nominated trees are shortlisted by a panel of experts, before going to public votes to select a tree of the year for each of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom. The panel then selects one of these to become Britain's tree of the year and be nominated for the following year's European Tree of the Year. The competition has been run each year since 2014.
The trees - in the Highlands, Midlothian and Scottish Borders - are each at least 1,000-years-old.
The public will vote for which of the trees will become the UK's favourite.