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  • An activist winces as a loop lock placed around her neck secures her to the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp. A sign on the back of the gate warns bulldozers that if they knock down the gate, the woman will die.
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    Travellors At Dale Farm Face Eviction

    An activist winces as a loop lock placed around her neck secures her to the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp. A sign on the back of the gate warns bulldozers that if they knock down the gate, the woman will die.
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  • A sign on the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp warns bailiffs of protesters securing themselves to the other side of the gate on September 19, 2011 in Basildon, England. The eviction of 80 traveller famillies is due to begin after a 10 year legal battle to clear the site of illegal dwellings. Residents and activists have built defences all around the site to resist bailiffs.
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    Travellers At Dale Farm Face Eviction

    A sign on the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp warns bailiffs of protesters securing themselves to the other side of the gate on September 19, 2011 in Basildon, England. The eviction of 80 traveller famillies is due to begin after a 10 year legal battle to clear the site of illegal dwellings. Residents and activists have built defences all around the site to resist bailiffs.
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  • A protester at the Dale Farm travellers site at Cray's Hill, near Basildon, Essex, where bailiffs prepare to forcibly eject the residents.
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    A protester at the Dale Farm travellers site at Cray's Hill, near Basildon, Essex, where bailiffs prepare to forcibly eject the residents.
  • Residents recently lost a decade-long legal fight over unauthorised development on the former scrapyard.
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    Residents recently lost a decade-long legal fight over unauthorised development on the former scrapyard.
  • Another traveller on the look-out from bailiffs.
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    Another traveller on the look-out from bailiffs.
  • Activists lie with their arms handcuffed together through a concrete barrel at the main gate to Dale Farm travellers camp.
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    Travellors At Dale Farm Face Eviction

    Activists lie with their arms handcuffed together through a concrete barrel at the main gate to Dale Farm travellers camp.
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  • Police stand at the entrance to the Dale Farm travellers settlement on the night before the camp's eviction in Basildon. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
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    Travellors At Dale Farm Face Eviction

    Police stand at the entrance to the Dale Farm travellers settlement on the night before the camp's eviction in Basildon. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
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  • Activists and legal observers stand on barricades next to the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp on September 19, 2011 in Basildon, England.
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    Travellors At Dale Farm Face Eviction

    Activists and legal observers stand on barricades next to the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp on September 19, 2011 in Basildon, England.
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  • BASILDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Activists barricade the Dale Farm travellers settlement on the night before the camp's eviction on September 18, 2011 in Basildon, England. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
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    Travellors At Dale Farm Face Eviction

    BASILDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Activists barricade the Dale Farm travellers settlement on the night before the camp's eviction on September 18, 2011 in Basildon, England. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
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  • A police officer speaks to a child resident of the Dale Farm travellers' settlement at the camp's entrance on the night before the eviction on September 18, 2011 in Basildon, England. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
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    Travellors At Dale Farm Face Eviction

    A police officer speaks to a child resident of the Dale Farm travellers' settlement at the camp's entrance on the night before the eviction on September 18, 2011 in Basildon, England. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
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  • BASILDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Activists construct a barricade to impede bailiffs at the Dale Farm travellers settlement on September 18, 2011 in Basildon, England. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
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    Travellors At Dale Farm Face Eviction

    BASILDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Activists construct a barricade to impede bailiffs at the Dale Farm travellers settlement on September 18, 2011 in Basildon, England. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
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  • A woman looks out from the front gate at Dale Farm travellers' site at Cray's Hill, near Basildon, Essex
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    A woman looks out from the front gate at Dale Farm travellers' site at Cray's Hill, near Basildon, Essex

    A woman looks out from the front gate at Dale Farm travellers' site at Cray's Hill, near Basildon, Essex
  • BASILDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Activists and legal observers stand on barricades next to the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp on September 19, 2011 in Basildon, England. Eviction of 80 traveller famillies is to begin after a 10 year legal battle to clear the site of illegal dwellings. Residents and activists have built barricades around the site to resist bailiffs.
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    Travellers At Dale Farm Face Eviction

    BASILDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Activists and legal observers stand on barricades next to the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp on September 19, 2011 in Basildon, England. Eviction of 80 traveller famillies is to begin after a 10 year legal battle to clear the site of illegal dwellings. Residents and activists have built barricades around the site to resist bailiffs.
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An activist winces as a loop lock placed around her neck secures her to the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp. A sign on the back of the gate warns bulldozers that if they knock down the gate, the woman will die.
A sign on the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp warns bailiffs of protesters securing themselves to the other side of the gate on September 19, 2011 in Basildon, England. The eviction of 80 traveller famillies is due to begin after a 10 year legal battle to clear the site of illegal dwellings. Residents and activists have built defences all around the site to resist bailiffs.
A protester at the Dale Farm travellers site at Cray's Hill, near Basildon, Essex, where bailiffs prepare to forcibly eject the residents.
Residents recently lost a decade-long legal fight over unauthorised development on the former scrapyard.
Another traveller on the look-out from bailiffs.
Activists lie with their arms handcuffed together through a concrete barrel at the main gate to Dale Farm travellers camp.
Police stand at the entrance to the Dale Farm travellers settlement on the night before the camp's eviction in Basildon. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
Activists and legal observers stand on barricades next to the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp on September 19, 2011 in Basildon, England.
BASILDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Activists barricade the Dale Farm travellers settlement on the night before the camp's eviction on September 18, 2011 in Basildon, England. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
A police officer speaks to a child resident of the Dale Farm travellers' settlement at the camp's entrance on the night before the eviction on September 18, 2011 in Basildon, England. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
BASILDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Activists construct a barricade to impede bailiffs at the Dale Farm travellers settlement on September 18, 2011 in Basildon, England. Various court appeals to prevent the eviction of travellers from a portion of the camp without planning permission have failed.
A woman looks out from the front gate at Dale Farm travellers' site at Cray's Hill, near Basildon, Essex
BASILDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Activists and legal observers stand on barricades next to the main gate at Dale Farm travellers camp on September 19, 2011 in Basildon, England. Eviction of 80 traveller famillies is to begin after a 10 year legal battle to clear the site of illegal dwellings. Residents and activists have built barricades around the site to resist bailiffs.

Hundreds of people have barricaded themselves inside the UK's biggest illegal traveller's site in Essex as council bailiffs prepare to evict them.