TRAVELLERS have caused more outrage in Bradford after they moved onto their third field in less than a month.

The group first arrived on private farm land in Cottingley on August 15 and left the grass littered with rubbish, breeze blocks and debris when a court ordered them to leave six days later.

The same group is believed to have moved to King George V Playing Fields, in Bolton Woods, causing Bolton Woods Junior Football Club games to be cancelled or re-arranged while Bradford Council officers took action to remove them from the land.

The Telegraph & Argus understands the group were served with notice to leave the fields on Wednesday, and arrived in Peel Park yesterday morning.

A team from the Circus Starr event had planned to move onto the site yesterday to set up a Big Top ahead of their shows next week.

They were forced to move over to another patch of land next to the Cliffe Road entrance.

Local councillors told the Telegraph & Argus the travellers were spoken to by council officers about moving their caravans to the Cliffe Road side of the park, but it was agreed the circus would make the move instead ahead of their one-night-only show tonight, which is set to be performed in front of around 1,000 people.

Cllr Michael Stelling, a Bradford Council ward councillor for Bolton and Undercliffe, said: “This causes a lot of difficulties and it’s a shame they aren’t a bit more responsible about how they conduct themselves.

“When you want to do something for them and they don’t want it, then enthusiasm for helping them doesn’t get any better.

“I like the travelling community because they have a lot to offer, but they have to conduct themselves appropriately.”

His colleague, Cllr David Ward, said: “They will be passing through on their way to somewhere else.

“The vast majority of travellers abide by rules, but some don’t.

“There are rules in place and anyone breaking them should be condemned, and hopefully they will soon be on the move.”

“Hopefully they leave the site as they found it and the correct process is followed."

Tony Miller, general manager of Bolton Woods Junior Football Club, said he was happy the group had left, but they had left around 12 black bin bags behind for the council to clear up.

He said: “We are all pleased because now we can go back to some sort of normality.

“We can get the field sorted and the children can get back on there to play some football.

“The community also has their field back.

“The council are used to this now and are good at cleaning up, but this is a field used by children and they need to be extra diligent to make sure there is nothing on there which could harm a child.”