Parish council: 'we cannot let travellers stay'

TRAVELLERS remain in Laceby and rumours are circulating around the village that they have been given permission to stay.

An anonymous caller told the Telegraph that the chairman of Laceby Parish Council, Dave Marshall, had told travellers – who have settled in a field of Butt Lane – that they could stay there for two weeks.

However, Mr Marshall said the suggestion was "pure rumour and speculation".

He said: "I went down there to talk to them and they were perfectly respectful but the council can not, has not, and will not, give permission to stay.

"We sympathise with anyone who needs somewhere to go, but the land is not owned by the parish council, so the decision is not in our hands."