Travellers are pressing for crunch talks with Bradford Council in a bid to find them a permanent home.

The group have moved to the roadside in Transperience Way, near the former Transperience discovery park and in Beech Grove, Undercliffe after being evicted from a car park owned by Arnold Laver DIY in Canal Road.

One traveller who asked not to be named said the much-needed meeting was long overdue to stop the merry-go-round of them moving from one illegal encampment to another in the city.

"Whenever we move on to a site we are just told that we are to be moved on," he said.

"No one explains why they cannot give us a permanent site to live. Do you really think we just want to keep moving every few days?"

The man said he realised he was causing problems to residents and businesses.

"But you have to understand we have nowhere else to go. I have been on the council's waiting list for four years. I want to know when I will be told this is where I can stay."

A spokesman for the council's Environment Protection Department said the two official gipsy sites were full and both had waiting lists for families. The council has also urged neighbouring authorities to provide official gipsy sites to help solve the problem.

He said: "Officers from the Gipsy Liasion visit unofficial sites every week whether the land is council or privately owned, and are always available to give advice about what action can be taken to move them on."

The travellers' arrival is causing problems for owners of the former Transperience site.

Although the travellers are not camped on the Ogden Property site - but on the road - spokesman Tom Garnett said he did not want the area to be blighted with travellers.

He said: "It is not good for business and it is important that this issue is seriously addressed."

It is the second time in a month that the business has had to deal with travellers on or near its land.

And unhappy householders in Beech Grove, Undercliffe, say the council should do more to resolve the situation.

One resident who asked not to be named said he had 12 caravans and several horses only yards away from his doorstep.

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