An every day story of not-so-friendly country folk: Gypsies were once a traditional part of rural England, but now it's middle class property values and tourism that matter. Peter Dunn reports fron Somerset on a campaign of intolerance
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Your support makes all the difference.IN EARLY editions of yesterday's paper, the last paragraph in Peter Dunn's article on villagers in Somerset was incomplete. We apologise for this mistake. Here is the paragraph in full:
Council officials are still considering what to do with the gypsy family no one wants. One option is to buy them an pounds 80,000 house isolated from other human habitation; another is to put the children into care. Either way it is going to cost the choosy churls of west Somerset dear.
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