Travellers build illegal camp on North Yorkshire land in 48 hours
Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 24 Sept, 23:24 · Archive
Travellers established an illegal camp on land near Hillam, North Yorkshire, in two days.
A group of travellers began work on an illegal camp on land at the edge of Hillam, North Yorkshire, at 4.45pm on Friday 11 September, shortly after council offices closed for the weekend. Over the following two days, they covered the grazing paddock with concrete, rubble, stones and bricks, and erected tall fences. Residents contacted North Yorkshire County Council to halt the development but no officials were available over the weekend.
How it is being reported
- Travellers destroy UK village in 48-hour 'military-scale' operationResidents had desperately contacted North Yorkshire County Council in an attempt to halt the development but no officials were available over the weekend.Daily Express · 24 Sept, 18:45
- Travellers destroy leafy English village in 48-hour 'military-scale' operation to concrete over fieldsTravellers have destroyed a leafy village in a two-day "military-scale" operation. A group of travellers waited until council offices began to close at 4.45pm on Friday on September 11 to close in on land at the edge of Hillam, North Yorkshire. The patch of land, bought as a grazing paddock for horses, was trampled by a mass of lorries as the grass was stripped and covered with concrete rubble, stones and bricks. Tall fences were erected as neighbours desperately called North Yorskhire County Council to halt the development, but no officials were available over the weekend. TRENDING Stories…GB News · 24 Sept, 05:28
- Travellers build illegal camp in just 48 hours as their 'military invasion' moves into quaint village minutes after council offices close for the weekendThe group waited until 4.45pm on a Friday - just as the council offices were closing - to begin work on their new home the North Yorkshire village of Hillam.Daily Mail · 23 Sept, 15:23
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