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One resident, Nora Egan, said she was struck as she told police they were not entitled to break down fences, which are legal
Supporters have set fire to a caravan placed across the street inside Dale Farm
we are being dragged out of the only homes we have in this world. Our entire community is being ripped apart
Residents and supporters remain inside the site, many locked on to blockades and caravans together in order to resist the eviction. Police breached the perimeter to initiate the eviction
Early this morning riot police and bailiffs stormed the Dale Farm community in a dawn raid. Police violated the court order and used sledgehammers to smash through the walls of a fully legal plot on the site in order to force entry
They are chanting: "Fuck the police, no justice, no peace!"
Supporters quickly erected barricades inside the site as police held the line, moving in on the rear area
Things seem to be kicking off very quickly on site, with several Dale Farm supporters reportedly detained after violent clashes
They are tearing apart our community
Residents say that have nowhere else to go
Female residents ran to their homes and broke down in tears as the police line advanced
Supporters have also been arriving at the site in Essex, where three people were said to be preparing to chain themselves to the gate by their necks, and two cars and a former Russian military vehicle have been moved into place as obstacles
Dozens of bailiffs arrived at a council compound neighbouring the site for final preparations and two diggers and a crane were on standby
My biggest fear is that somebody - be it a bailiff, a police officer, a Traveller or a supporter - gets hurt
Supporters have reinforced the barricade inside the main gate and smaller barricades are in place throughout the site. Piles of wood and bricks have been gathered at various key points
7.09am: Breaking news: PA reports that supporters have clashed with bailiffs and riot police at the rear entrance of Dale Farm as the eviction gets under way
7.21am: According to PA, police in riot gear entered the site after breaking down a rear fence just after 7am, prompting angry confrontations
17.59
Travellers living at the side of the road near the former farm site face being evicted for a second time
squalid conditions
police used Tasers on protesters and rocks were hurled at police
Protesters who chained themselves to barricades were forcibly removed and several arrests were made
One resident, Nora Egan, said she was struck as she told police they were not entitled to break down fences, which are legal
Supporters have set fire to a caravan placed across the street inside Dale Farm
we are being dragged out of the only homes we have in this world. Our entire community is being ripped apart
Residents and supporters remain inside the site, many locked on to blockades and caravans together in order to resist the eviction. Police breached the perimeter to initiate the eviction
Early this morning riot police and bailiffs stormed the Dale Farm community in a dawn raid. Police violated the court order and used sledgehammers to smash through the walls of a fully legal plot on the site in order to force entry
They are chanting: "Fuck the police, no justice, no peace!"
Supporters quickly erected barricades inside the site as police held the line, moving in on the rear area
Things seem to be kicking off very quickly on site, with several Dale Farm supporters reportedly detained after violent clashes
They are tearing apart our community
Residents say that have nowhere else to go
Female residents ran to their homes and broke down in tears as the police line advanced
Supporters have also been arriving at the site in Essex, where three people were said to be preparing to chain themselves to the gate by their necks, and two cars and a former Russian military vehicle have been moved into place as obstacles
Dozens of bailiffs arrived at a council compound neighbouring the site for final preparations and two diggers and a crane were on standby
My biggest fear is that somebody - be it a bailiff, a police officer, a Traveller or a supporter - gets hurt
Supporters have reinforced the barricade inside the main gate and smaller barricades are in place throughout the site. Piles of wood and bricks have been gathered at various key points
7.09am: Breaking news: PA reports that supporters have clashed with bailiffs and riot police at the rear entrance of Dale Farm as the eviction gets under way
7.21am: According to PA, police in riot gear entered the site after breaking down a rear fence just after 7am, prompting angry confrontations
17.59
Travellers living at the side of the road near the former farm site face being evicted for a second time
squalid conditions
police used Tasers on protesters and rocks were hurled at police
Protesters who chained themselves to barricades were forcibly removed and several arrests were made
a new, smaller site at nearby Gardiners Way.
According to the Irish Traveller Movement in Britain (ITMB), which made the application, it is the first site approved by the council since official planning needs assessments in 2006
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