IT'S gratifying to see Wirral Council removing the two living oak trees from the children's play park in Ridgewood Park and eventually replacing one of them with a dead tree painted bright red with a demonic grinning face attached to it!

This will be great help to all parents struggling with discipline; from now on they can simply threaten their children by saying: "If you don't do as you're told, I'll take you to the park and sit you in the swings facing the demon tree."

Who thought this monstrosity was worth spending money on and why put such an ugly, frightening thing in a play park?

Phil Tyler by email