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01 March 2012
Reveal debates whether BFGW represents Gypsy life
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24 February 2012
"Evicted Travellers living near the Dale Farm site say they are surviving without water or electricity and have nowhere to go", writes Patrick Barkham in The Guardian
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23 February 2012
The advertising watchdog has cleared Channel 4's ad campaign for Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, despite more than 300 complaints from members of the public and the Traveller community that it is offensive and racist.
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19 February 2012
Pipogypopotamus, also known as Pip Mckenzie-Borev, has published an 'Open Letter to Channel 4' about the latest series of 'Big Fat Gypsy Weddings'
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09 February 2012
The European Roma Rights Centre has reported that evictions of Romanies are taking place in Albania and Lithuania in extreme winter temperatures
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05 December 2011
A residents' group has formed against a potential Traveller site in a village in Solihull borough
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03 December 2011
Listen to this special BBC 5 Live documentary on Gypsies, Travellers and boxing
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28 November 2011
Plans for two new Gypsy sites in Exeter have been abandoned by the city council
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22 November 2011
RTFHS march to the Cenotaph for the first time on Remembrance Sunday
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21 November 2011
London Gypsies crowned European champions.
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18 November 2011
If you missed 'A Gypsy Life For Me', you can watch it online here!
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17 November 2011
Travellers are being encouraged to enrol on media training courses in response to growing media interest
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07 November 2011
BBC: The council evicting travellers from the illegal part of Dale Farm in Essex has won an injunction to prevent its reoccupation
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30 October 2011
Angry yet defiant, evicted travellers gather a mere 50 metres from the site, insisting: 'We will still be here in 10 years'
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27 October 2011
Minister Eric Pickles has rejected an appeal by the Gypsies of Meriden to stay on their own land
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23 October 2011
Roxy Freeman writes about the consequences after the Dale Farm eviction on The Guardian website.
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19 October 2011
Police reportedly entered Dale Farm through a legal plot in a dawn raid this morning, Dale Farm Solidarity have said in a statement
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05 October 2011
The Romani flag is to fly above Aberystwyth promenade, reports the Daily Telegraph
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04 October 2011
Cheshire East Council has applied to build a new site in Crewe, the BBC reports
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03 October 2011
By Daniel Davies BBC Wales news website political reporter
Wales will have the UK's first Gypsy and traveller strategy, say ministers
The Welsh Government has called for a "new deal" between Gypsy travellers and the rest of society.
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29 September 2011
Equality and Human Rights Commission says because Gypsy sites grant is not ring-fenced, money has been channelled away
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19 September 2011
11 year old girl from Dale Farm writes letter to David Cameron pleading for him to stop the forced eviction of the Travellers site
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18 September 2011
Dale Farm eviction: 'They'll have to take me out in a body-bag' - video
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17 September 2011
Romany Gypsies living in Leicestershire have spoken out about the prejudice they feel they face and the struggle to keep their cultural traditions alive.
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15 September 2011
BBC News
People living in a North Yorkshire town are to be asked their views on the proposed location of a new site for Gypsies and travellers.
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