Injection works begin to protect 1,400 city trees

Work to protect about 1,400 trees from the spread of elm disease will begin today, a council has said.

Brighton & Hove City Council said it would inject hundreds of trees with a non-toxic substance designed to protect elm trees from the disease.

The council said it was expanding the programme, now in its third year, to include more trees and parks.

Inoculation works will last around two weeks and take place across the city including in Old Steine, Pavilion Gardens and Valley Gardens.

New areas to be targeted in this year's programme include Queen's Park, Wish Park and St Ann's Well Gardens.

Elm disease, which is caused by a fungus and spread by elm bark beetles, has killed millions of trees in the UK over the past 50 years, according to the Woodland Trust.

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