A petition calling for a war mural to be reinstated after it was painted over is to go before Crawley Borough Council

The artwork in Tilgate Park was created in 2018 to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War One.

Crawley Borough Council said in April the mural was “realistically beyond proper restoration”, and a report going before the cabinet this week says it was not in the “right place”.

The petition, which has 333 signatures and the support of local veterans, calls for £10,000 to be paid to a local armed forces charity “as an apology”.

As well as calling on the council to repaint it, petitioners want a “full and honest explanation” about why it was wiped out in the first place.