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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
John Baron

Travellers move on from Burley site

Travellers who were occupying Burley Village Green - and who were blocking off a polling station ahead on Thursday's local election - have now moved on.

A council spokesperson confirmed that the travellers, who had occupied a number of sites and played cat and mouse with council officers in the Burley and Kirkstall area in the past fortnight, left the site yesterday - a day before an eviction notice was due to remove them.

It's not known where the travellers have moved to.

As reported on Thursday, the travellers had blocked a polling booth due to be used by 2,000 voters at Thursday's council elections.

One resident said:

"They left yesterday. Quite a bit of rubbish left, though a lot was bagged up. It didn't look as bad as the pictures of Roundhay Park posted on here from the other week."

Do you know where the travellers' next move has been? Have your say below.

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