:00:10. > :00:11.Good evening. late news at 10.30pm.
:00:12. > :00:13.A woman from Sussex has accused Brighton and Hove City Council
:00:14. > :00:16.of an "act of vandalism" over plans to cut down trees planted
:00:17. > :00:20.Jo Sweeting paid ?200 to plant a horse chestnut tree 17 years ago
:00:21. > :00:24.in memory of her late mother but now the council have earmarked a number
:00:25. > :00:26.of trees at Stanmer Park to be felled as part
:00:27. > :00:36.Joy Tanner was just 58 when she died.
:00:37. > :00:40.Her daughter planted a tree in her memory, but now
:00:41. > :00:48.Not only had I lost her and I've lost other people,
:00:49. > :00:56.But it felt like it was quite a violent act, the idea of felling.
:00:57. > :01:04.George never got to meet his grandmother.
:01:05. > :01:07.This tree is a constant and living reminder of who my nana
:01:08. > :01:10.was as a person and the idea of it having to be cut
:01:11. > :01:16.Many of the trees under threat here at Stanmer Park bear white ribbons.
:01:17. > :01:22.Jilly planted a tree 25 years ago in memory of her first-born.
:01:23. > :01:25.It's brought back the losses and made me think about that again.
:01:26. > :01:27.It made me think that, if the tree goes, how
:01:28. > :01:32.It's brought it right back to the beginning.
:01:33. > :01:35.The council plan to restore the parkland
:01:36. > :01:38.to its 18th-century roots, depending on whether their bid
:01:39. > :01:39.for Heritage lottery funding is successful.
:01:40. > :01:41.They are proposing planting 250 new trees and creating
:01:42. > :01:47.I certainly don't think anyone's memorial tree should be taken down.
:01:48. > :01:49.It's the only thing that some people have.
:01:50. > :01:57.It would be a real shame to regenerate and remove those parts
:01:58. > :02:00.if there's other ways they can regenerate and other things
:02:01. > :02:15.Brighton and Hove City Council told us:
:02:16. > :02:18.No trees will be cut down until the autumn, they say,
:02:19. > :02:23.and the council's expected to make a decision tomorrow.
:02:24. > :02:27.The M2 London bound in Kent has been closed for much of today causing
:02:28. > :02:29.miles of tailbacks after a lorry left the carriageway
:02:30. > :02:34.Police were called just before five o'clock this morning to junction
:02:35. > :02:40.The lorry is believed to have collided with the crash barrier
:02:41. > :02:42.before leaving the carriageway and coming to a stop on its side.
:02:43. > :02:50.Police are appealing for witnesses after reports that two men
:02:51. > :02:53.forced their way inside a house in Minster-on-Sea with a knife.
:02:54. > :02:55.Officers were called to Baldwin Road just before half
:02:56. > :02:58.The suspects, described as between 20 and 40 years
:02:59. > :03:01.old and of Asian appearance demanded money before stealing
:03:02. > :03:08.The victim, in his fifties, suffered cuts to his head and hand.
:03:09. > :03:10.In football, Championship leaders Brighton and Hove Albion enjoyed
:03:11. > :03:14.success in the third round of the FA Cup yesterday with a 2-0 win over
:03:15. > :03:20.The victory is the Seagulls' sixth straight win in all competitions
:03:21. > :03:27.It wasn't routine, we had to work very hard for it.
:03:28. > :03:30.We got the real, big lift in getting the goal early and I think
:03:31. > :03:35.And it deflates them a bit so early in the game.
:03:36. > :03:41.A look at the weather now here's Elizabeth Rizzini.
:03:42. > :03:46.Another rather grey and mild feeling day again today.
:03:47. > :03:49.With a bit of drizzle at times but some others are just lucky
:03:50. > :03:51.enough to see some brightness, too, and even some sunshine.
:03:52. > :03:55.Now, it's all change again as we head to next week.
:03:56. > :03:59.There will be a spell of rain tomorrow.
:04:00. > :04:03.Then through the middle to the end part of the week,
:04:04. > :04:07.it will turn very cold and, in fact, there's a risk of seeing
:04:08. > :04:09.a few sleet and snow showers as well through the week.
:04:10. > :04:13.Through the night, most of us dry but perhaps a little bit of drizzle
:04:14. > :04:16.Still those misty and murky conditions re-forming ever night
:04:17. > :04:19.into tomorrow morning, but we will start the day off
:04:20. > :04:23.Again, some hill fog over the Downs tomorrow,
:04:24. > :04:25.rather murky conditions, poor visibility through the morning
:04:26. > :04:28.rush hour, but they mostly dry until we get to the afternoon,
:04:29. > :04:31.when we will see some rain push down from the north-west.
:04:32. > :04:33.Turning wet, a south-westerly wind will pick up, but it
:04:34. > :04:37.will still be mild - temperatures up to 9-10 C.
:04:38. > :04:45.It will turn very cold from Wednesday night onwards.
:04:46. > :04:47.Finally, as Southern rail commuters face another week of disruption
:04:48. > :04:50.ahead due to three days of strike action - a reminder that BBC
:04:51. > :04:53.South East is hosting a special Question Time style debate
:04:54. > :04:55.on the on-going crisis on our railways.
:04:56. > :04:57.This is not a dispute with the public,
:04:58. > :05:10.this is a dispute with the Government and with this company.
:05:11. > :05:12.A bit of a disgrace, really, isn't it?
:05:13. > :05:15.That it has gone on as long as it has.
:05:16. > :05:17.I try to empathise with why they are striking.
:05:18. > :05:20.You pay too much for delays, cancellations and disruption.
:05:21. > :05:29.I don't think the Prime Minister has any idea of the level of suffering
:05:30. > :05:33.and pain that rail passengers and businesses are suffering.
:05:34. > :05:36.There is only one body responsible for the current strike, this
:05:37. > :05:44.You'll be able to watch that special programme tomorrow evening
:05:45. > :05:53.That's all from a swallow we're back later on this evening. Until then,
:05:54. > :06:11.have a good evening. Goodbye. After a dull weekend for many of us,
:06:12. > :06:15.the weather gets shaken to life this week. The real driver for the first
:06:16. > :06:19.wake-up call is low pressure pushing towards Iceland, it will throw this
:06:20. > :06:24.weather front Alloway and before that we have the south-westerly
:06:25. > :06:27.wind, another misty and foggy night for England and Wales, Scotland and
:06:28. > :06:31.Northern Ireland turning wetter earlier -- later on. Frost for
:06:32. > :06:37.England later do tonight but these are the temperatures for most people
:06:38. > :06:38.tomorrow morning. The