ONLY last week, the residents of Bishopsgarth in Stockton and, later, in Thornaby were shocked to wake up to an illegal encampment that had been formed overnight on their local green space. With the help of local councillor, Hugo Stratton, the police and the council have moved the travellers on and an extremely swift clean-up followed. This has been a huge effort and our local council, police and others dealt with this more quickly than might be the case in other areas. But the debacle has brought the restraints on authorities to effectively deal with illegal encampments into sharp focus.
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