 | Government challenged over compulsory purchase of land for gypsy sites - 24dash |
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| 'Unsafe' access could foil traveller site plan near Spalding - Spalding Today |
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| Gypsies are doing it for themselves - The Move Channel |
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| Approval for £2m gypsy site revamp - News & Star |
Approval for £2m gypsy site revampNews & Star, UK - 2 hours agoBy Chris Story COUNCILLORS have approved plans to create a £2m municipal gypsy and traveller site near Carlisle. Proposals to redevelop the former gypsy and ... |
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| FAMILIES MUST SELL LAND FOR GYPSY CAMPSITES - UK Express |
FAMILIES MUST SELL LAND FOR GYPSY CAMPSITESUK Express, UK - 5 hours agoBut Chris Whitwell, of Friends, Travellers and Families, said: “There are around 25000 gypsies and travellers who do not have fixed places to live at the ... |
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| Chester Gypsy site to stay for another year - ChesterChronicle.co.uk |
Chester Gypsy site to stay for another yearChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK - 6 hours agoA GYPSY traveller site in Chester's Green Belt has a further temporary permission despite objections from parish councillors. The application was made at ... |
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| Award for work with travellers - Daily Post |
Award for work with travellersDaily Post, UK - 7 hours agoA WOMAN who champions the rights of gypsies and travellers in Gwynedd has won a top award. Bethan Wyn Jones, Gwynedd Council’s Gypsy and Traveller Liaison ... |
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| Controversial Gypsy site gets permission - ChesterChronicle.co.uk |
Controversial Gypsy site gets permissionChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK - 33 minutes agoA Gypsy traveller site in Chester's Green Belt has a further temporary permission despite objections from parish councillors. The application was made at ... |
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| Anti-bullying week celebrates diversity - The Advertiser |
Anti-bullying week celebrates diversityThe Advertiser, UK - 1 hour agoSchools are planning to include anti-bullying work with children from a range of backgrounds, including Gypsy and Traveller and disabled children. ... |
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| Traveller plots: your final say - Biggleswade Today |
Traveller plots: your final sayBiggleswade Today, UK - 2 hours agoSix sites in Mid Beds have have been shortlisted for new gypsy and traveller plots. The sites – plus an additional plot of land for a Biggleswade family of ... |
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| Are Gypsies on the Verge of Extinction in Europe? - Khaleej Times |
Are Gypsies on the Verge of Extinction in Europe?Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 7 hours agoSixty years on, subsequent history has led to the first ever Roma (gypsies) summit in Brussels, arousing great interest and expectations, and jolting the ... |
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| Gypsy group set for anniversary bash - Redditch Standard |
Gypsy group set for anniversary bashRedditch Standard, UK - 3 hours agoIt is being split in two with a 'Traveller Talents' event kicking things off between 3pm and 6pm before a music festival takes over from 6.30pm until 10pm. ... |
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| No space for travellers, say council - Portsmouth News |
No space for travellers, say councilPortsmouth News, UK - 3 hours agoBy Alex Forsyth The South East England Regional Assembly is trying to find 1064 pitches for gypsies and travellers across the region in a bid to cut down ... |
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| Ash borer quarantine area revised - MLive.com |
Ash borer quarantine area revisedMLive.com, MI - 15 hours ago... officials are asking travelers not to move firewood to help prevent the artificial spread of other exotic and devastating insects like Gypsy Moth. ... |
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| New housing hotspots revealed - Hemel Gazette |
New housing hotspots revealedHemel Gazette, UK - 4 hours agoProposed sites for extra gypsy and traveller sites, which have been previously identified, are also included in the consultation. Ian Reay, cabinet member ... |
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| New housing hotspots revealed - Hemel Gazette |
New housing hotspots revealedHemel Gazette, UK - 1 hour agoProposed sites for extra gypsy and traveller sites, which have been previously identified, are also included in the consultation. Ian Reay, cabinet member ... |
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| Ash borer quarantine area revised - The Bay City Times - MLive.com |
Ash borer quarantine area revisedThe Bay City Times - MLive.com, MI - 2 hours ago... officials are asking travelers not to move firewood to help prevent the artificial spread of other exotic and devastating insects like Gypsy Moth. ... |
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| White British pupils a 'forgotten group' - Telegraph.co.uk |
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| Somerset County Council praised for community work - 24dash |
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| Aim school help 'at poor whites' - BBC News |
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| Teamwork on illegal camps - Leicester Mercury |
Teamwork on illegal campsLeicester Mercury, UK - 25 minutes agoIllegal travellers' camps could soon be moved on within 24 hours under powers to be used in Leicestershire. The county, city and Rutland councils, ... |
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| 'Gypsy' site to be expanded - Slough and Windsor Observer |
'Gypsy' site to be expandedSlough and Windsor Observer, UK - 1 hour ago“In other parts of the country it has become a big political decision with authorities fighting over how many travellers they are going to take, ... |
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| Gypsy and traveller talks begin - BBC News |
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| Travellers won't fill out medical forms - Essex Echo |
Travellers won't fill out medical formsEssex Echo, UK - 52 minutes agoJoe Jones, Gypsy Council secretary, also this week placed a request with the UN advisory group on forced evictions, which met in Beijing, ... |
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| Decision time for Chester’s Gypsy policy - ChesterChronicle.co.uk |
Decision time for Chester’s Gypsy policyChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK - 15 hours agoTHE long running problem surrounding the provision of pitches for Gypsies and Travellers in Chester district has been decided until the middle of the next ... |
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| Decision time for Chester’s Gypsy policy - ChesterChronicle.co.uk |
Decision time for Chester’s Gypsy policyChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK - 8 minutes agoTHE long running problem surrounding the provision of pitches for Gypsies and Travellers in Chester district has been decided until the middle of the next ... |
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| Traveling con men trick homeowners - Reading Eagle |
Traveling con men trick homeownersReading Eagle, PA - 41 minutes ago"Every time you have someone of that culture or background that it is arrested, it is painted as a 'Gypsy' or 'Traveller' crime and assigned to the entire ... |
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| DC Casebook: Gypsies and Travellers - Day room in green belt ... - Regen.net (subscription) |
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| Youth event aims to understand cultures - Suffolk Free Press |
Youth event aims to understand culturesSuffolk Free Press, UK - 3 hours agoThe market will also include representatives from the Polish, Indian, Caribbean, African and gypsy and traveller communities. ... |
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| The Kolpakov Trio Brings The Roma Renaissance - Orato |
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| Judge's 'No' to Pershore gipsies - Evesham Journal |
Judge's 'No' to Pershore gipsiesEvesham Journal, UK - 1 hour agoIn doing so, Rafferty and Jones argued that he failed to take proper account of recent Government planning guidance favourable to gypsies and travellers, ... |
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| The Kolpakov Trio Brings The Roma Renaissance - Orato |
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| Fewer than one in five travellers go on to secondary school - Northampton Chronicle & Echo |
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| Dale Farm travellers step up fight to save community - 24dash |
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| Oxford under fire over Gypsy site - BBC News |
Oxford under fire over Gypsy siteBBC News, UK - 4 hours agoOxford should be "ashamed" of itself for failing to find space for Gypsies and travellers in the city, councillors from rural districts have claimed. ... |
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| Objectors vow to fight gypsy site plans - This is Scunthorpe |
Objectors vow to fight gypsy site plansThis is Scunthorpe, UK - 6 hours agoOBJECTORS have vowed to fight North Lincolnshire Council's plans to create two permanent sites for gypsies and travellers in Scunthorpe and ... |
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| Gypsy site shortlist reduced to two - This is Scunthorpe |
Gypsy site shortlist reduced to twoThis is Scunthorpe, UK - 7 hours agoNORTH Lincolnshire Council has narrowed its list of proposed sites for gypsy and traveller camps to two. They are Normanby Road, Scunthorpe and Caistor Road ... |
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| Firefighters honoured for tackling inequality - Richmond and Twickenham Times |
Firefighters honoured for tackling inequalityRichmond and Twickenham Times, UK - 3 hours agoHis work has been recognised by the International Gypsy Traveller Affairs group which awarded him with the yellow rose award in 2007 for his work in raising ... |
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| Views on traveler sites sought - Newbury Weekly News Group |
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| Anger at gypsy site expansion - Haverhill Echo |
Anger at gypsy site expansionHaverhill Echo, UK - 5 hours ago... accommodating more caravans and helping to meet a Government target of providing an extra 15 pitches within the borough for gypsies or travellers. ... |
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| Travellers' base to land revamp - Lancashire Evening Post |
Travellers' base to land revampLancashire Evening Post, UK - 5 hours agoThe revamp is part of a new strategy for gypsy and traveller sites being drawn up, funded by 4NW, the regional body which replaced the North West Regional ... |
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| County may have to find spaces for travellers - Basingstoke Gazette |
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| D-Day looms on travellers' caravan site plan - Derby Evening Telegraph |
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| Residents consulted over recommendations for gypsy locations - This Is Sussex |
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| `Unfair burden` of plan for 27 gypsy pitches - Isle of Wight County Press |
`Unfair burden` of plan for 27 gypsy pitchesIsle of Wight County Press, UK - 3 hours agoUnder the Housing Act 2004, housing authorities are have to assess the accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers in their area. ... |
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| Keep children's welfare local says Balls - LocalGov |
Keep children's welfare local says BallsLocalGov, UK - 1 hour agoThe problem of how to ensure gypsy traveller children got a solid education was ‘at the hardest end of hard’, according to the minister. ... |
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| CHILDREN FORCED TO VOW: WE’LL BE NICE TO GYPSIES - UK Express |
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| MP hits out at traveller policy - BBC News |
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MP hits out at traveller policyBBC News, UK - 3 hours agoAn Essex MP has hit out at a policy to increase gypsy sites in Epping Forest. The government has given the district council a directive to provide the area ... |
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| Outrage as council makes pupils stand on chairs and pledge to be ... - Daily Mail |
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| One arrest at Stow gypsy horse fair - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard |
One arrest at Stow gypsy horse fairWilts and Gloucestershire Standard, UK - 38 minutes agoThe event drew travellers from around the country as well as dozens of police officers from the district who carried out high visibility patrols throughout ... |
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| Norfolk gipsy homes set for refusal - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press |
Norfolk gipsy homes set for refusalNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK - 6 hours agoThe semi-detached bungalows with garages on land at The Paddocks, School Road, would be for gypsies and travellers who are over 55. ... |
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| Travellers' home plans set to be rejected - Lakeland Today |
Travellers' home plans set to be rejectedLakeland Today, UK - 3 hours agoThe proposal to site two new park homes and build a new access road for a Gypsy family at 75 White Lund Road is likely to be refused by planners because ... |
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| WALKING HOUSE CONTINUES ITS STROLL AROUND WYSING ARTS CENTRE - 24 Hour Museum |
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| The sailors are set for 'Encores!' 'On the Town' - Asbury Park Press |
The sailors are set for 'Encores!' 'On the Town'Asbury Park Press, NJ - 12 hours agoYazbeck, currently appearing as Tulsa in the Patti LuPone revival of "Gypsy," will play Gabey, the most romantic of the three, a gob enamored of the New ... |
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| The sailors are set for 'Encores!''On the Town' - San Francisco Chronicle |
The sailors are set for 'Encores!''On the Town'San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 25 minutes agoYazbeck, currently appearing as Tulsa in the Patti LuPone revival of "Gypsy," will play Gabey, the most romantic of the three, a gob enamored of the New ... |
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| Solution in sight to Gypsy site problem in Chester - ChesterChronicle.co.uk |
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| Kirby's commission's poster girl - Western Telegraph |
Kirby's commission's poster girlWestern Telegraph, UK - 5 hours agoKirby is a former pupil of Monkton CP School, which supports the education of about 200 gypsy traveller pupils in the county and is regarded as one of the ... |
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| Nomadic clans' secretive lifestyle is often financed by home ... - Gainesville Sun |
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| Figures reveal GCSE disparity - Cambridge Evening News |
Figures reveal GCSE disparityCambridge Evening News, UK - 3 hours agoOnly 23.1 per cent of gypsy and Romany youngsters sitting GCSE exams this summer made the grades and not one of the estimated 200 Irish travellers in the ... |
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| Outcry over travellers’ site - Bournemouth Daily Echo |
Outcry over travellers’ siteBournemouth Daily Echo, UK - 4 hours agoBorough of Poole council leader Brian Leverett assured the crowd the gypsy site was only at its consultation stage. Meanwhile, Poole council’s cabinet ... |
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| New gypsy sites for Hertfordshire examined - Times 24 |
New gypsy sites for Hertfordshire examinedTimes 24, UK - 5 hours agoCREATING new sites for gypsies and travellers in Times Territory could prove problematical, a public consultation heard. An independent panel, set up by the ... |
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| EPPING FOREST: Council plans hotline over travellers site consultation - Epping Forest Guardian |
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| Shute Woods: Travellers appeal for tolerance - Midweek Herald |
Shute Woods: Travellers appeal for toleranceMidweek Herald, UK - 6 hours agoClaire, 32, who said she comes from gypsy family but now is more 'new age traveller', said: "We're just normal people, but we don't live in a house. ... |
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| Rye is being called on to identify new sites for gypsies and ... - Rye and Battle Today |
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