The Leeds town that wants to put up the full sign - Yorkshire

From the Yorkshire Evening Post

A public meeting held in Leeds to protest at a proposed Traveller site attracted hundreds of people. Jayne Dawson reports on how the issue has created a huge row in one community.

Public meetings can be quiet, dry affairs attended only by the truly determined and the officials who have no choice in the matter - but not always.

At such a meeting in Leeds this week so many people attended that more than a hundred were left outside - not to be deterred they had a meeting of sorts of their own, on the pavement where they stood.
The main event was being held in Morley Town Hall, a huge venue which swallowed up around 400 of the anxious interested parties. But still there was a large crowd outside.

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