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Police called after travellers move onto Gillingham Green

12:23, 11 August 2019

updated: 09:32, 12 August 2019

Police were called in after travellers moved onto playing fields.

Members of the public reported several vehicles had been driven on to Gillingham Green, a public park off Grange Road, Gillingham, on Friday evening.

Police confirmed they had been notified, adding: "As is the normal process for traveller incursions, the matter will be a civil issue for the landowner to address."

Travellers have moved onto Church Green in Gillingham
Travellers have moved onto Church Green in Gillingham

James Brown, Head of Regulatory Services at Medway Council, said: “We are following a civil legal process to move the group on as quickly as possible.”

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