An immigration officer has admitted misconduct after falsely issuing visas to people who were not entitled to stay in the UK.

A local authority today said it had been granted a High Court order which would prevent an "infamous" illegal traveller site being reoccupied.

Residents finally leave Dale Farm but fear they will be 'back by the side of the road'

Residents of the UK's largest illegal Travellers' site have lost their fight against eviction after a High Court judge refused their applications to challenge the action in court, ending a 10-year legal battle.

Travellers faced with eviction from Dale Farm have called on the local council to reopen negotiations after winning another High Court victory, causing more costly delays to the operation to remove them from their homes. The residents and their supporters said continuing with the evictions was "senseless" because of the likelihood that parts of the site will have to be left alone or rebuilt by the council after the evictions, meaning it could never be fully returned to Green Belt status.

Travellers living on the UK's largest illegal settlement were warned today they would be evicted in two weeks.

The mother of a six-month-old boy with Down's Syndrome has spoken of the human impact a planned mass eviction of travellers will have.

A council planning to evict families from the UK's largest illegal travellers site has issued a final plea for them to leave voluntarily.

Planning rules must not be allowed to stand proxy for a proper debate about Britain's Travellers

Residents of the UK's largest Travellers' site were braced for mass eviction last night after failing in their last-ditch attempt to save their homes at the High Court.

Lawyers today failed in a last-ditch attempt to prevent the eviction of families from the UK's largest unauthorised traveller site.

Actress and campaigner Vanessa Redgrave has said "lives will be ruined" if travellers on the UK's largest illegal site are evicted next month.

Actress and human rights campaigner Vanessa Redgrave has said "lives will be ruined" if the planned eviction of travellers from the UK's largest illegal site goes ahead.