Travellers set up camp in Shaw Cross

Travellers have moved on to playing fields used for junior rugby league games in Shaw Cross.
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LATEST NEWS Travellers set up camp in Shaw Cross.

The group set up camp last night (Monday) on the Leeds Road site, which is used regularly by Shaw Cross Sharks.

A Kirklees Council spokeswoman said: “A group of travellers who have recently moved off the land at Sands Lane following legal action are understood to have moved onto playing fields at Leeds Road.

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“The land is owned by the council and legal proceedings will begin today.”

The council won a possession order for its Sands Lane site in Dewsbury during a hearing at Huddersfield County Court today (Tuesday).

It meant the travellers would have been evicted if they had not already moved on.