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Unauthorised traveller site shuts paddling pool

BBC A large outdoor paddling pool in a children's park. There are several camper vans and cars on the grass to the side.BBC
Police were called to the park on Passfield Avenue at about 17:00 BST on Tuesday

A children's paddling pool has been shut in the middle of the school holidays following an unauthorised encampment.

Police were called to Fleming Park in Eastleigh, Hampshire, on Tuesday afternoon, where travellers had driven about 12 vehicles and 12 caravans onto the site.

The pool was closed as a "safety precaution", according to Eastleigh Borough Council.

Hampshire Constabulary said it was working to seek a "suitable resolution".

Several camper vans and cars parked on a green field. There are trees behind them.
A number of caravans have been parked on the field next to the leisure centre

Officers have attended the site multiple times since the travellers arrived.

The council also said it had visited the park to ask the occupants to leave, and was "monitoring the situation".

Another unauthorised encampment previously vacated the site on 17 June, police confirmed.

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