spruce

A Norwegian spruce, which is sent to London every year for Christmas, has been felled in a traditional ceremony.

The band Skipinnish, which had played at the event, knew of the tree and led the conservationists to where it was hidden in a non-native Sitka spruce plantation on Achnacarry Estate.

The route from the airport to Apia - Samoa's capital - had been spruced up for the royal visit on Wednesday.

The hall is spruced up with new seats and looks lovely.

The inscription on her headstone had become so illegible that, prompted by a local campaign, masonry restorers were brought in to spruce it up.