Proposals to create a transit site for travellers in Bearwood have been supported by a Dorset charity dedicated to raising awareness of the Gypsy, Traveller, Romany and Roma communities.
Kushti Bok chair Betty Smith-Billington said the plans for land off Magna Road would be a positive step given there are no existing sites across the BCP Council area.The commissioner:
An urgent review has been carried out into the Hampshire police’s response to horse and trap racing on the A33 near Micheldever.
Hampshire’s new Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones has sought assurances from the force’s chief constable that plans are in place to prevent further disruption.The people:
A village that is often subject to illegal traveller encampments is stepping up its prevention methods.
Colden Common Parish Council is seeking quotations for ground works at the Recreation Ground, Main Road.This will make it difficult for vehicles to enter the premises.
It's noticable, isn't it, that only one of these groups is actually doing something effective about the problem?
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Maybe the village should consider obtaining one of the IDE armoured bulldozers and keep it ready for when they need to clear the village land of rubbish - a few crushed vans, cars and lorries might get across the idea of 'no trespassing' means just that.
ReplyDeleteLocal people are often aware of "travellers", especially (but not only) after they have moved on to pollute or disrupt a fresh location.
ReplyDeleteI am sure that there is a always a local farmer with a slurry trailer who would help them move on (once he had emptied it on the field). . . . .
The biggest problem so many "travellers" have is that they have an absolute belief that the world owes them everything and they can do whatever they like with impunity.
Something that I have noticed through the years is that when "traveller" types settle into a community their houses often have tall, imposing and above all secure gates - as if to prevent thieving.
"Maybe the village should consider obtaining one of the IDE armoured bulldozers and keep it ready for when they need to clear the village land of rubbish..."
ReplyDeleteI like your style!
"The biggest problem so many "travellers" have is that they have an absolute belief that the world owes them everything and they can do whatever they like with impunity."
Because so often, the forces of law and order are the ones telling them that they can!