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Travellers moved on from Keephatch playing field

By Jon Nurse
July 26, 2012

Travellers have been forced to leave a playing field in Keephatch.

Five caravans moved onto land at the junction of Keephatch Road and Binfield Road on Tuesday evening.

The travellers were handed an eviction notice by police on Wednesday demanding they leave the site by 8.30am today.

A police spokesman said: "Officers have checked the site twice this morning and found the area to be clear."

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It was reported on Tuesday evening, the council had to go through the courts because the police refused to act, and yet they were still evicted by Thursday morning. I have to say, that's pretty swift work compared to some evictions. Some of our public employees I spoke to personally about this had been on standby to do whatever was required between 7am and 11:30pm on both days. Thank you WBC (it's rare I say that).

Now, the next step is to work out how they got in there, and fix whatever needs fixing to prevent them coming back (and not by putting big concrete blocks all over the place please permanently).