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Travellers at Haldon Forest told to move to new site

A number of travellers are still living on an unofficial site near Exeter tonight - despite a deadline for them to leave the land. Many say they'll defy the authorities' efforts to move them to a new site next door.

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Sixteen households interested in new travellers site

A travellers site in the Haldon Forest near Exeter may become official after 11 years of illegal occupation.

A local housing association has a grant of more than a million pounds to develop a permanent camp.

Mike Hanrahan from Teign Housing says more than half the groups there are interested in taking a permanent pitch on the 2 acre site next door, each with its own shower and toilet as well as electricity and water:

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