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Travellers move onto Aldridge Airport site

Travellers have moved onto Aldridge Airport after a group left a separate beauty spot in Walsall.

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Travellers which moved off Pelsall Common on Sunday

Between 20 and 30 caravans left Pelsall Common on Sunday evening after arriving on Thursday evening.

Soon after, a group of 23 arrived at the airport site.

Walsall Council have been made aware of the incident and say there are also traveller camps in the Bentley Lane and Stubbers Green area of the borough.

A spokesperson for the authority said: “We are aware of unauthorised encampments at Aldridge Airport, Bentley Lane and Stubbers Green.

"Our Community Protection Officers are following the agreed Council/West Midlands Police joint protocol to secure the land back at each site as soon as possible.”

Before dozens moved onto Pelsall Common on Thursday of last week, a group left Bloxwich's King George V playing field earlier in the day.

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