{"id":53229,"date":"2026-07-01T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/53229\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:00:10","slug":"they-can-be-very-threatening-residents-speak-out-against-illegal-traveller-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/53229\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;They can be very threatening&#8217;: Residents speak out against illegal Traveller sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"&#039;They can be very threatening&#039;: Residents speak out against illegal Traveller sites\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2zMS8_2cS6Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8216;They can be very threatening&#8217;: Residents speak out against illegal Traveller sites<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSky&#8217;s Lisa Holland visits two illegal traveller encampments in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, where tensions between travellers and local residents are escalating.<\/p>\n<p>She meets a family of 10 living in a small caravan after their static home was destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Their 13-year-old son describes the discrimination he says he faces because of his background.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa also speaks to nearby residents, who claim they&#8217;ve experienced intimidation and say a lack of government support has left them feeling forced to take matters into their own hands.<\/p>\n<p>#travellers #uk #skynews<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;They can be very threatening&#8217;: Residents speak out against illegal Traveller sites Sky&#8217;s Lisa Holland visits two illegal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8],"tags":[872,495,48148,48147,2177,20097,3600,48146,48149,21514,296,11902,279,341],"class_list":["post-53229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sky-news","tag-berkshire","tag-buckinghamshire","tag-caravan","tag-encampments","tag-government","tag-gypsy","tag-illegal","tag-illegal-traveller-encampments","tag-lisa-holland","tag-residents","tag-sky-news","tag-travellers","tag-uk","tag-uk-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116845621098540274","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}