Lang leven Heineken maar wel ten koste van de appelbomen in Engeland

 The UK's largest cider maker has chopped down a huge orchard, sparking fears for wildlife as it is a natural bird habitat.

Heineken, which owns Bulmers cider, has levelled the orchard - the size of 140 football pitches - on the Offa's Dyke path in Monmouthshire.

It wants to sell the land and blamed a surplus of apples and a slow down in demand for cider for the uprooting of thousands of trees at Penrhos Orchard, which were planted in 1997.

Environmentalists are concerned about the effect on migratory bird populations, but Heineken insisted it had acted in accordance with the Wildlife Act.

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