A botanist has claimed people are ripping up “beautiful” flowers on a beach at the centre of a town's “culture war.”
Josh Styles, an ecologist, said plants were being dug up on Hoylake Beach “all the time” as the debate over the future of the land continues to cause bitter divisions in the town. Others say there is no evidence to back up the claims.
The controversy in the Wirral seaside town stems from a 2019 decision to stop spraying weed killer and clearing vegetation after Wirral Council faced the threat of an unlimited fine.
