Travellers near Newport Stadium promise to move before Half Marathon

3:54pm Thursday 28th February 2013 in Gwent news

TRAVELLERS who have set camp in a Newport council car park have indicated they intend to leave by tomorrow.

Four motorhomes were seen at the Newport Stadium car park yesterday afternoon.

Newport council said it was aware of the issue and said it was an unauthorised encampment.

Officers visited the site on Monday and the temporary residents have indicated they intent to leave by Friday, a spokeswoman said.

"Community Safety Wardens are doing regular patrols of the site and officers will continue to monitor the situation," she added.

Its not thought the camp will have any impact on the Newport Half Marathon, which starts at Newport Stadium on Sunday.

Comments(15)

Woodgnome says...
5:58pm Thu 28 Feb 13

That;s jolly decent of the travellers to vacate their illegal camp at a time of their choosing.

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displayed says...
10:54pm Thu 28 Feb 13

"That's jolly decent of the travellers to vacate their illegal camp at a time of their choosing"

Not to mention the mess they'll leave behind!

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Keith P says...
4:16am Fri 1 Mar 13

Why are the authorities so passive in removing "unauthorised encampments"? A few bulldozers would send the right message

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Spotofboverj says...
8:17am Fri 1 Mar 13

Ok there going but then u got the cost of clearing up the rubbish and any damage they left because I don't think there going to sweep up

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Mervyn James says...
9:25am Fri 1 Mar 13

Not travellers, squatters, environmental vandals, and tax dodgers surely ?

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portforever says...
11:38am Fri 1 Mar 13

for so called travellers they never seem to travel very far from newport,like the post above says more like squatters. give them the bill for the crap they leave behind or just take there cars from them to cover the cost. but forgot i bet thats against there human rights or some rubbish like that. notice the self made site on the way to the gwent levells has a portable loo there, bet we paying for that as welll as picking up there rubbish every 2 weeeks, are they paying council tax like the rest of us ,,,

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displayed says...
1:25pm Fri 1 Mar 13

I take it they're stiill there, I thought so!

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maninundy's says...
2:04pm Fri 1 Mar 13

How strange setting up camp just before a big event...who betting the council will be paying them to move...

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Magor says...
5:15pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Why does the council not put barriers up to stop caravans getting on their car parks like other councils do.

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Floppy backed says...
5:24pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Magor wrote:
Why does the council not put barriers up to stop caravans getting on their car parks like other councils do.
Too simple! and it would stop unsavoury night visits.

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D Taylor says...
8:04pm Fri 1 Mar 13

There are barriers and heavy boulders at Newport Stadium. They were installed following the travellers previous visit.

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ccc49 says...
8:28pm Fri 1 Mar 13

portforever wrote:
for so called travellers they never seem to travel very far from newport,like the post above says more like squatters. give them the bill for the crap they leave behind or just take there cars from them to cover the cost. but forgot i bet thats against there human rights or some rubbish like that. notice the self made site on the way to the gwent levells has a portable loo there, bet we paying for that as welll as picking up there rubbish every 2 weeeks, are they paying council tax like the rest of us ,,,
Why cannot council officials take photos of the site as soon as they become aware of the occupation together with the vehicle reg. numbers? Then compare the site when they leave and the cost of any cleanup could be invoiced to the vehicle owners. Probably too simple

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Strider says...
12:31am Sat 2 Mar 13

Actually I hope they do stay and leave rubbish, disrupting..

Just to see the extreme left wing internet Tough Guys and Pro Gipsy Councillors who always tell us "They just want to integrate but nobody gives them a chance" try to weasel there way out of that..

N

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coalpicker says...
9:06am Sat 2 Mar 13

We do not need Nazi's in the council to
deal with Roma, but we do desperately
need councillors with Y-Fronts and a back bone .

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Limestonecowboy says...
8:46pm Sat 2 Mar 13

ccc49 wrote:
portforever wrote: for so called travellers they never seem to travel very far from newport,like the post above says more like squatters. give them the bill for the crap they leave behind or just take there cars from them to cover the cost. but forgot i bet thats against there human rights or some rubbish like that. notice the self made site on the way to the gwent levells has a portable loo there, bet we paying for that as welll as picking up there rubbish every 2 weeeks, are they paying council tax like the rest of us ,,,
Why cannot council officials take photos of the site as soon as they become aware of the occupation together with the vehicle reg. numbers? Then compare the site when they leave and the cost of any cleanup could be invoiced to the vehicle owners. Probably too simple
Very unlikely to be successful where would the vehicles be registered? their travellers.

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