Family of Travellers are evicted from Council site - Bradford

A family of Travellers has been evicted from Bradford Council’s official Esholt site.

Police joined Bradford Council officials to serve notice to the family and move them on.

The family had appealed to the Council in an effort to stay, but their bid was refused and the eviction went ahead on Wednesday.

According to the Council and police, it followed “ongoing problems” since the family moved on to the site illegally in December last year.

Supt Gary Baker, head of operations at Airedale & North Bradford Division, said: “We attended and supported their officers in the eviction of trespassers from the authorised site in Esholt.

“The family was asked to leave in the best interests of the settled community on the site. Following negotiations the family left peacefully and moved out of the Shipley area.”