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Published 25 September 2000

 

After a court injunction was served, the last travellers finally left the site.
One Tech Park worker said: "It is absolutely disgusting. These people just arrive, turn the area into an open-air toilet . . . Their children were bouncing up and down on cars in the car parks. They even left a dead dog behind, which is just heartless."
None of the travellers could be traced for comment. - Merseymart (Margaret Barton)

A Dorset police spokeswoman said: "In the west of the county as part of a 'Do you know where your children are?' initiative . . . police go around and videotape youngsters misbehaving and take them back to their parents and show them the tape, and the response from parents is very positive." - Western Gazette (Francis Harvey)

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