People looking fir a New Year’s resolution which they can keep – and one which will give them pleasure for years to come – are being advised: plant a native tree.

The Woodland Trust, the charity which manages thousands of acres of woodland in Britain, including the famous Skipton Woods in the Yorkshire Dales, is appealing to people to plant a native tree to mark the beginning of the new decade.

This says the trust “will make a real difference to you, your family and the planet.”

Trees, of course, store carbon dioxide which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere but also make gardens or the countryside in general nicer places. And for people who do not have gardens, they can donate small amounts of cash to have a tree planted in their name at one of five sites throughout the UK.

For more information and a selection of native trees available for planting, see www.woodlandtrustshop.com/native-trees