A group of travellers on Weston Green, Thames Ditton, were due to be evicted yesterday, after the council was granted a High Court injunction.

Having moved in on bank holiday Monday, August 25, the group has thus far resisted moves to make them go.

A spokesman for the council said: "Council is currently doing everything within its powers to move the travellers on.

"The council has invested in grass bunds, bollards, vehicle height barriers, stronger gates and barriers and shrouded locks on a number of vulnerable sites to make illegal access more difficult.

"However with more than 850 hectares of open space, numerous car parks and miles of highway and public rights of way in the borough, it is very difficult to secure all access points, especially where those trying to gain access are prepared to cause criminal damage to force entry."