Residents in the coastal village of Hythe, Hampshire, are mourning the loss of the Scots Pine, which has stood in the seafront park of a village in a National Park for years.

Residents in the coastal village of Hythe, Hampshire, are mourning the loss of the Scots Pine, which has stood in the seafront park of a village in a National Park for years.

Locals have raged after their parish council felled an iconic tree used in the logos for the local football club and parish council itself - one person even compared the incident…