Plant ID help needed

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Can anyone help me identify what this is in the foreground, is it just an Ash that’s seeded?
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Fast growing with a root that descends to the depths of the earth. My last garden had a mature ash about twenty yards to windward and I quickly learned not to ignore two leaf seedlings but pull them before they got any more root. Chop them off and they simply grow multiple stems from the stump, it's a digging job.
If you are wondering 'is it an ash?' the giveaway is the big grey black buds.
 

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As already discussed on another forum!!!!!!

It is definitely NOT Fraxinus excelsior...common name ASH TREE.

Sorry but I do not believe that it is a seedling of Fraxinus excelsior...common name Ash tree.
Ash trees have compound leaves.
I attach pics to show you a single ash leaf with multiple leaflets.
It has a terminal leaflet at the tip. (While your shrub ends with a pair of leaves)
The leaflets are different sizes getting smaller as they get near the trunk.(Your shrub does not do this)

1st pic below shows a close up of your leaves.

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FRAXINUS  EXCELSIOR 17-06-2012 15-02-01.  SAMBUCUS  NIGRA  LEFT 17-06-2012 15-02-003.JPG
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I believe it is Euonymus ..maybe Euonymus europaeus.

Which has opposite leaves.
When old enough it will have wonderful colourful seed capsules.
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EUONYMUS  EUROPAEUS  SPINDLE 06-06-2020 11-31-38.JPG
EUONYMUS  EUROPAEUS 01-10-2020 14-08-03.JPG
EUONYMUS  EUROPAEUS 22-10-2020 11-34-43.JPG
EUONYMUS  EUROPAEUS 22-10-2020 11-36-53.JPG
 
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