Article: Travellers plead 'give us a chance'.

'PLEASE give us a chance' - that's the message from gispies in Rugby after the recent storm of controversy.

A rapid increase in travellers descending upon the town in recent weeks has caused many residents to demand action from authorities.

But now some members of the gipsy fraternity have spoken to

the Advertiser in a bid to put forward their side of the story.

Sporting events have been cancelled in recent weeks and residents have voiced their anger because gipsies have illegally camped and littered nearby fields.

However, pensioner George Smith, 62, is still travelling around the Rugby area and spoke for his group to tell ...

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