Protesters angry over new road

Protestors opposing local government cuts lobbied councillors today determined to stop the axe falling on a hundred jobs and council budgets. And demonstrators continued their campaign to stop the Bexhill to Hastings relief road. Tom Savvides reports.

Campaigners against the Bexhill to Hastings link road will picket East Sussex County Council's offices today with branches from trees felled in the construction scheme. The move comes on the same day that the local authority sets out its plans for council tax for the next financial year.

Those opposed to the scheme had been camped out in tunnels, treehouses and chains but have since been removed by developers as work on the road got underway. It is hoped the £90 million-pound route due open in just over two years time will relieve traffic problems on the south coast.