This is only local news inasmuch as it's just about in Hereford, and Phil Rickman mentioned it in one of his Merrily Watkins novels.
The White-leaved Oak featured in The Remains of an Altar. It is right on the other side of the the county, where Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire meet.... and a couple of nights ago, it burned down.
The tree itself had been dead for some time, but it was still an important local habitat for insects.
It is thought that someone either left a lantern burning at the tree, or lit a fire there.
The tree is the focus of ten ley lines, and is visited by fans of the Phil Rickman books and pagans.
Whiteleaved Oak is also the name of the hamlet close to the tree.
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