Travellers set up camp at Staveley park

Travellers are currently at a park in Staveley.
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The group is understood to have arrived at the King George V Playing Fields on Inkersall Road through the night.

A Staveley Councillor told the Derbyshire Times there are ‘signs of forced entry and Chesterfield Borough Council is looking into the protocol for removal as soon as possible’.

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The news comes after Travellers were evicted from the playing fields at Tupton on Thursday.

There were also reports about Travellers at Thistle Park in Brimington on Thursday night.

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