Travellers transform wildlife hotspot into illegal camp as four-acre site taken over on Bank Holiday weekend

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A group of travellers have transformed a wildlife hotspot into an illegal camp as a four-acre Essex site is taken over on the Bank Holiday weekend.

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On Friday night, approximately 30 diggers, cars and vans ploughed their way onto the greenbelt in the heart of the quaint Essex hamlet of Willow's Green to commence the covert overnight operation.A group of men worked overnight to rip up the previously untouched land to prepare it for tarmac, horrifying local residents as they awoke on Saturday morning.The villagers' suspicions were raised ahead of the Friday night rampage, which were subsequently brought to Uttlesford District Council in the hope any upcoming threat would be firmly nipped in the bud.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Nevertheless, the local authority disappointed the villagers and insisted such a move extended beyond its power to act."The council was warned this was on the cards but just sat back and waited for it to happen," one man told the Daily Mail."The field was...

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