Thursday’s Chronicle: Report on police probe into alleged threats to Chester shops campaigning against Gypsy site plan

FULL story on police investigation into claims that shops displaying a petition against a proposed Traveller site in Chester have been threatened.

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David HolmesChief reporter

16:50, 28 SEP 2011
Updated21:42, 23 JUL 2013

FULL story on police investigation into claims that shops displaying a petition against a proposed Traveller site in Chester have been threatened.

Tensions are rising because Saughall residents are fighting Cheshire West and Chester Council’s plans for a Gypsy and Traveller site on greenbelt at the council-owned Oakwood Farm in Parkgate Road.

See Thursday’s Chronicle for a detailed report.

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