Stoke travellers move on to council-owned car park 'in protest' at Fenton Manor eviction - Staffordshire

From the Sentinel

TRAVELLERS evicted from a leisure centre car park have set up camp on another council-owned site – just a mile down the road.

Around 20 caravans and cars moved onto a car park used by Stoke-on-Trent City Council staff off Wharf Place, Stoke, on Sunday evening.

Now the authority is to apply for a court order to force the gypsies off the land close to the A500 just days after taking action to remove them from Fenton Manor Sports Complex last week.

The council declined to say how much the court action cost taxpayers