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| Dale Farm eviction: Notices to remove homes served | Dale Farm eviction: Notices to remove homes served |
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| Notices detailing how travellers' homes will be removed from Dale Farm in Essex have been placed around the site by council officials. | Notices detailing how travellers' homes will be removed from Dale Farm in Essex have been placed around the site by council officials. |
| Basildon Council said the homes would be removed "with care" and then roads and concrete torn up. | Basildon Council said the homes would be removed "with care" and then roads and concrete torn up. |
| Fences and walls would be demolished to allow access, although they would be reinstated. | Fences and walls would be demolished to allow access, although they would be reinstated. |
| Forty-nine of the 52 plots will be removed by bailiffs who moved on to the site on Thursday. | Forty-nine of the 52 plots will be removed by bailiffs who moved on to the site on Thursday. |
| The majority of the clearance is likely to get under way on Monday. | The majority of the clearance is likely to get under way on Monday. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 'Very lonely' | 'Very lonely' |
| Among them was Margaret Flynn, who is entitled to keep her caravan on the site, although the concrete area will be removed. | |
| She said: "We hardly slept last night, the kids just kept thinking about what had happened and how the police came into the site. | She said: "We hardly slept last night, the kids just kept thinking about what had happened and how the police came into the site. |
| "I'm entitled to stay but it is not home any more. It felt very lonely in here. | "I'm entitled to stay but it is not home any more. It felt very lonely in here. |
| "My family slept on the legal side and I just want to be with them." | "My family slept on the legal side and I just want to be with them." |
| Basildon Council said its objectives for Friday were to maintain access to and from the site and help with voluntary departures. | Basildon Council said its objectives for Friday were to maintain access to and from the site and help with voluntary departures. |
| Gypsy Council member Candy Sheridan said: "We are here to make sure they go about their job lawfully. | Gypsy Council member Candy Sheridan said: "We are here to make sure they go about their job lawfully. |
| "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. | "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. |
| "Travellers may have walked out of the site, but for us this is not over." | "Travellers may have walked out of the site, but for us this is not over." |
| 'Normal policing' | '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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | A total of 38 people have been arrested since 19 October. |
| The clearance follows a decade-long row over unauthorised plots. | The clearance follows a decade-long row over unauthorised plots. |