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Dale Farm eviction: Bailiffs continue demolition work Dale Farm eviction: Notices to remove homes served
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Bailiffs will continue demolishing properties at the Dale Farm travellers' site later after residents and their supporters staged a mass walkout. Notices detailing how travellers' homes will be removed from Dale Farm in Essex have been placed around the site by council officials.
It is thought a total of 45 plots will have to be removed by bailiffs who moved onto the site on Thursday. Basildon Council said the homes would be removed "with care" and then roads and concrete torn up.
The site was finally vacated - the end of a 10-year legal dispute - shortly before 17:00 BST when dozens of people left chanting "Save Dale Farm". Fences and walls would be demolished to allow access, although they would be reinstated.
Fourteen people remain in police custody out of the 39 arrested. Forty-nine of the 52 plots will be removed by bailiffs who moved on to the site on Thursday.
A woman has been charged with a public order offence and 23 people have been bailed. Police revealed that none of those arrested were travellers. The majority of the clearance is likely to get under way on Monday.
Superintendent Trevor Roe, of Essex Police, said he was hoping to reduce the size of the police presence to allow the bailiffs to continue with the clearance operation. Despite a mass walk-out of travellers and supporters from the illegal part of Dale Farm on Thursday, up to 30 people spent the night inside the site.
'One family' 'Very lonely'
A number of travellers are believed to have spent Wednesday night on the legal part of the site but most have pledged to leave later or over the weekend. Among them was Margaret Flynn, who is entitled to keep her caravan on the site, although the concretearea will be removed.
One resident, Mary Sheridan, said the mass walkout was intended to show their appreciation for the support they had received. She said: "We hardly slept last night, the kids just kept thinking about what had happened and how the police came into the site.
"We're leaving together as one family, and we are proud of that - you can't take away our dignity," she said. "I'm entitled to stay but it is not home any more. It felt very lonely in here.
Another resident, Kathleen McCarthy, said they walked out with "dignity" and with their heads held high. "My family slept on the legal side and I just want to be with them."
"It is a terrible moment, very sad, but the time has come," she said. Basildon Council said its objectives for Friday were to maintain access to and from the site and help with voluntary departures.
Tony Ball, the leader of Basildon Council, said he was encouraged by the travellers' decision to leave "in a peaceful and dignified manner". Gypsy Council member Candy Sheridan said: "We are here to make sure they go about their job lawfully.
He now looked forward "to their continued compliance", he added. "If they demolish walls, we will make sure they restore them with precisely matching bricks. If they damage property they are not entitled to damage, we will claim for it.
A number of legal observers remain on site to ensure bailiffs employed by Basildon Council comply with the law. "Travellers may have walked out of the site, but for us this is not over."
'Normal policing'
A council spokesman said it would be pursuing the travellers for some of the costs incurred because of the delays to the eviction caused by legal wrangling.
Last week the High Court ruled the travellers would have to pay some of the legal costs.
It could mean that the travellers would have to sell some of their land.
Essex Police have returned to "normal neighbourhood policing at the site" and will remain on site while bailiffs continue with the evictions.
A total of 38 people have been arrested since 19 October.
The clearance follows a decade-long row over unauthorised plots.