0:00:10 > 0:00:11Hello.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Good evening.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15A woman from Sussex has accused Brighton and Hove City Council
0:00:15 > 0:00:18of an "act of vandalism" over plans to cut down trees planted
0:00:18 > 0:00:19to remember loved ones.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Jo Sweeting paid ?200 to plant a horse chestnut tree 17 years ago
0:00:22 > 0:00:25in memory of her late mother but now the council have earmarked a number
0:00:25 > 0:00:27of trees at Stanmer Park to be felled as part
0:00:28 > 0:00:28of a regeneration project.
0:00:28 > 0:00:36Chrissie Reidy reports.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Joy Tanner was just 58 when she died.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40A teacher who loved nature.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Her daughter planted a tree in her memory, but now
0:00:42 > 0:00:49the council could cut it down.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50I just felt sick.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Not only had I lost her and I've lost other people,
0:00:53 > 0:00:54too, most of us have at...
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I'm 51, most of us have lost people.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59But it felt like it was quite a violent act, the idea of felling.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01It's such an emotional words to use.
0:01:01 > 0:01:07Many of the trees under threat at Stanmer Park bear white ribbons.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Jilly planted a tree 25 years ago in memory of her first-born.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14It's brought back the losses and made me think about that again.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16It made me think that, if the tree goes,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18then how will I remember them?
0:01:18 > 0:01:19What would I have to do?
0:01:19 > 0:01:24It's brought it right back to the beginning.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28The council plan to restore the parkland
0:01:28 > 0:01:30to its 18th-century roots, depending on whether their bid
0:01:30 > 0:01:31for Heritage lottery funding is successful.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34They are proposing planting 250 new trees and creating
0:01:34 > 0:01:38a car park for 200 cars.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I certainly don't think anyone's memorial tree should be taken down.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43It's the only thing that some people have.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45It would be a real shame to regenerate and remove those parts
0:01:45 > 0:01:48if there's other ways they can regenerate and other things
0:01:48 > 0:01:49they can do instead.
0:01:49 > 0:01:59Brighton and Hove City Council told us:
0:02:02 > 0:02:04We're continuing to refine the landscaping plans and...
0:02:04 > 0:02:07No trees will be cut down until the autumn, they say,
0:02:07 > 0:02:12and the council's expected to make a decision tomorrow.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16The M2 London bound in Kent has been closed for much of today causing
0:02:16 > 0:02:18miles of tailbacks after a lorry left the carriageway
0:02:18 > 0:02:20and careered into a ditch.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Police were called just before five o'clock this morning to junction
0:02:23 > 0:02:24five near Sittingbourne.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27The lorry is believed to have collided with the crash barrier
0:02:27 > 0:02:30before leaving the carriageway and coming to a stop on its side.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Nobody was injured.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Police are appealing for witnesses after reports that two men
0:02:36 > 0:02:40forced their way inside a house in Minster-on-Sea with a knife.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Officers were called to Baldwin Road just before half
0:02:42 > 0:02:44past ten last night.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49The suspects, described as between 20 and 40 years
0:02:49 > 0:02:51old and of Asian appearance, demanded money before stealing
0:02:51 > 0:02:52two sets of car keys.
0:02:52 > 0:02:59The victim, in his fifties, suffered cuts to his head and hand.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03A look at the weather now, here's Elizabeth Rizzini.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Hello, good evening.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10It was grey and mild again today but some of us
0:03:10 > 0:03:12just lucky enough to see some brightness and even some sunshine.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14That mist and murk will reform overnight tonight.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16We see some hillfog over the downs.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19A lot of that of drizzle from the thickness of the
0:03:19 > 0:03:22cloud but we will start the day off on a mild note again at 6-7 C.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25So, it will be a dry morning, or a mostly dry morning.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28A bit of drizzle here or there, poor visibility for
0:03:28 > 0:03:31many through the morning rush-hour, lots of low cloud again, but we
0:03:31 > 0:03:33will start to see outbreaks of rain spread down from the
0:03:33 > 0:03:35north-west as we head into the afternoon.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38So, turning wet and windy for the second half of the day, but
0:03:38 > 0:03:39still mild.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Top temperatures peaking in double figures.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44It'll turn colder behind that weather front on Monday night,
0:03:44 > 0:03:45so a chillier day on Tuesday.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47With some strong gusts of wind around, at
0:03:47 > 0:03:49times, through the middle of the week and it
0:03:49 > 0:03:50will turn very cold with
0:03:50 > 0:03:55the possibility of someone wintry showers.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Finally, as Southern rail commuters face another week of disruption
0:03:58 > 0:04:01ahead due to three days of strike action - a reminder that BBC
0:04:01 > 0:04:04South East is hosting a special Question Time style debate
0:04:04 > 0:04:05on the on-going crisis on our railways.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07WHISTLE BLOWS
0:04:07 > 0:04:09This is not a dispute with the public,
0:04:09 > 0:04:17this is a dispute with the Government and with this company.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19A bit of a disgrace, really, isn't it?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22That it has gone on as long as it has.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I try to empathise with why they are striking.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28You pay too much for delays, cancellations and disruption.
0:04:28 > 0:04:35You deserve a better service.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38I don't think the Prime Minister has any idea of the level of suffering
0:04:38 > 0:04:40and pain that rail passengers and businesses are suffering.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43There is only one body responsible for the current strike, this