TWO years ago, virtually every parish in the country received a yew tree from the Conservation Foundation to mark the millennium.

Worcestershire parish representatives received theirs from the Bishop of Worcester, following dedication, at a service in the Cathedral at which more than 200 were present.

Despite the significance of the service, the Evening News appears not to have been informed, and hence did not report on it.

However, the tree for the city was collected by a city council official and I would ask what has happened to it. I have not seen anything in the Press with regard to its planting. Has it been planted? If so, where, when and by whom? If not, why not?

Several thousand trees were distributed nationwide at similar services with a great deal of effort being put into propagating them and distributing them in a significant manner to mark the millennium.

Worcester's tree was propagated from the Herefordshire Linton Yew that is estimated to be some 4,000 years old. I should hate to think that the city has lost their tree.

I would have thought that it should have been planted in a conspicuous place by someone no less than the Mayor.

E F SHOWELL,

Worcester.