Travellers leave former Burnley school site

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TRAVELLERS who had camped on the former site of Ivy Bank High School on Byron Street left yesterday afternoon.

They had been there since Wednesday and Lancashire County Council had issued a notice for them to leave by 4pm on Thursday.

A spokesman for the council confirmed they were now securing the site.

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