6,000 Trees Axed to Prevent Sex Romps in Forest

More than 6,000 trees have been chopped down by a council at a stunning beauty spot - to stop couples having sex in public.
The conifers were felled on the 12 hectare site after it became a hotspot for 'dogging' - where people have sex with strangers while being watched.
A huge expanse of forest that runs for kilometres alongside the busy A666 was axed after a health and safety survey.

It claimed some of the trees, planted after the Second World War, were in danger of falling down.
But police and councillors have confirmed the cull was also ordered to discourage doggers.
Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: 'It's awful that a public green space, an asset to the local community, has been destroyed mindlessly.

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