Daring protesters have occupied part of Titnore Woods in Durrington, Worthing, in a brave bid to halt the massive planned development and road widening. They moved onto the land off Titnore Lane early on Sunday May 28, 2006 in an audacious dawn operation. The landowners, the Somerset family, turned up during the morning to tell them to leave and have already draughted in Mark Lynch of Guardian Guards security, notorious for his intimidation of protesters at other peaceful protests.

Luckily the protesters had already built tree house structures, meaning a quick and easy eviction was out of the question. Police also arrived at the camp during the morning and later the Sussex Police helicopter was circling the site. Locals from the nearby estate have been visiting the protesters and voicing their support. As a result, the Somerset's have been digging ditches and erecting barbed wire fences to try and keep out the supporters.

Speaking to SCAR, John Tyler from Protect Our Woodland said: "It is quite clear to most Worthing people that something had to be done to stop Worthing council and the developers getting away with this horrific development scheme, with damaging associated road widening. Having seen all the efforts by campaigners ignored by the council and the government, which refused to hold a public inquiry, these environmentalists have got together and decided it was time to take action.

We urge all supporters to do what they can to back the campers - it takes a lot of guts and determination to do what they're doing. What we need is a massive show of support from the people of Worthing. Let's make it clear to the powers-that-be that while most of us can't physically be with them up there in the woods all day and night, we are with the campers in spirit!

This is our last big chance to really get across the power and size of our opposition to the development. Let's make it quite clear to the dictators in the town hall and corporate boardrooms that it's not just a few dozen protesters they're up against - it's thousands of Worthing people determined to play their part in stopping the Titnore devastation".