Travellers who have settled on a Laindon football pitch are set to be given the red card by Basildon Council.

A small group arrived in Laindon on Monday, setting up camp and stringing a line of washing across the goals.

A spokesman for the council said: "We are currently in discussions with our legal advisers and the police, to consider what appropriate action to take."

Published Wednesday, June 18, 2003

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