TRAVELLERS who have set-up camp on Twynham School playing field, have been given until 5pm to leave.
Around nine caravans are camped on a corner of the field after allegedly breaking through a barrier at the entrance to the playing fields last night.
They are believed to be the same group of travellers who pitched up at Potterne Park in Verwood last month.
An area of the playing field is now cordoned off and the police using the Public Order Act have given them until 5pm to leave.
Dorset County Council and Christchurch Borough Council have been notified.
If they have not left the site, the police could forcibly remove them.
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