Bank Holiday carnage as travellers spend weekend 'tearing up fields and cutting down trees' while council offices are closed

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Bank Holiday carnage as travellers spend weekend 'tearing up fields and cutting down trees' while council offices are closed.

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Carnage has ensued over the Bank Holiday as travellers spent their weekend tearing up fields and cutting down trees whilst council offices were closed, it has been reported.Sites in West Sussex, Kent, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire were among the locations targeted over the three-day break.

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In West Chiltington, West Sussex, heavy machinery moved onto a field on Friday near the world-renowned Nyetimber sparkling wine estate.Work continued throughout the weekend despite the presence of both council officers and police at the scene, the Daily Mail reports.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Aerial images showed a large portion of the field had been tarmacked over by the end of the weekend, with a number of mobile homes appearing ready to move in.One local said: "The local council and police were here then, but the work carried on."Another neighbour said vehicles had been arriving at the field continuously since Friday, adding that no planning notices had been erected at the site.Horsham...

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