Unite union leadership contender Howard Beckett calls for UK’s multi-billion defence budget to pay for gypsy and traveller sites Howard Beckett running to succeed Len McCluskey as Unite general secretary He welcomed endorsement from Labour Black Socialists on Twitter Groups said he wanted defence cash spent on making traveller sites ‘available’ By John Stevens, Deputy Political … Read more
Romany Gypsy TikTok star reveals she NEVER uses the toilet in her trailer because it’s a ‘dirty’ habit and can make her home ‘smell’ – and uses an outdoor block instead TikTok star Danielle Jo Lee shared details about her life as a traveller with fans Explained she does not use the toilet inside her trailer … Read more
A traveller mother-of-two who entered her two-year-old daughter into a beauty pageant claims looking good takes priority over schooling in her community. Lavinia, a Romani traveller who lives in Dorset with her husband Danny, her son Young Danny, eight, and daughter Valentina says traveller women pay a lot of attention to their appearance in order … Read more
Identity paw-ade! Police issue images of 48 dogs rescued from traveller camp in Suffolk in a bid to reunite them with owners who could be anywhere in the UK More than 80 animals were seized last month after raids on Travellers’ site Suffolk Police said work is ongoing to identify the owners as no dogs … Read more
A pair of Irish traveller sisters have revealed they put on posh voices to disguise their accents when booking restaurants to stop from being turned away. Caitlin Mac, 20, and younger sister Lizzie, 18, from St Albans, have racked up 152,000 followers on TikTok after posting clips sharing an insight into life as an Irish traveller … Read more
Labour Equalities Minister Charlotte Nichols apologises for ‘offending the Gypsy and Roma community’ after handing out hundreds of leaflets vowing to ‘deal with traveller incursions’ MP Charlotte Nichols had been handing out leaflets ahead of local elections Among the promises listed was a pledge to ‘deal with traveller incursions’ The leaflet was later withdrawn as … Read more
An Irish traveller has revealed her strict upbringing in her social media videos, explaining how she couldn’t go ‘anywhere without her brothers’ – after admitting her husband now pays for everything. Kathleen McCann often shares insights into her life on TikTok and Instagram, where she has 424,900 and 56,500 followers respectively – including how her … Read more
Traveller, 18, who met her husband in a car park explains he’s expected to ‘pay for everything’ now they’re married in TikTok videos from their caravan in Wales Kathleen Johnson, 18, is a traveller living in Wales who posts about life on TikTok She lives in a caravan with her husband, who ‘pays for everything’ … Read more
An Irish traveller has revealed she isn’t allowed to go on holiday until she is married and said most women in her community don’t ever get a job in a series of revealing TikTok videos about her lifestyle. Caitlin, 20, who lives in a caravan near Hertfordshire, has garnered 114k followers after sharing clips about life … Read more
Plans to turn land near to Coleen and Wayne Rooney’s £20 million mansion in Cheshire into a traveller site have been blocked by neighbours of the famous family. The Sun reports that a petition by locals racked up more than 1,000 signatures to stop the proposed site, which was being converted from disused farmland. The land sits … Read more