A GYPSY woman has shared which stereotypes about her community are real, and the ones that are straight-up lies – from ‘grabbing’ girls to the reason they park up on the side of ...

Gypsy and Irish Travellers in Leeds were twice as likely to report having bad or very bad health in the recent census, new figures show. The national charity Friends, Families and Travellers said ...

On Friday last week, around 300 Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers and supporters marched through the streets of Manchester to protest an outrageous act of discrimination and attack on democratic ...

New gypsy and travellers' sites may be allocated within the new Somerset Local Plan in a bid to prevent further unauthorised encampments. Somerset Council and Taunton Town Council have recently had to ...

“WE ARE THE white blacks,” declares Joseph Jones, a Romany gypsy who is vice-chair of the Gypsy Council, a civil-rights group, and has been campaigning for the rights of gypsies and travellers since ...

The site is within open countryside and designated green belt ...

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – England’s national Catholic chaplain for gypsies, Roma and Travellers says a new television documentary will only “reinforce … prejudice” against the communities. The ...

Jo Richardson is currently undertaking a piece of research on negotiated stopping with London Gypsy Travellers, funded by the Greater London Authority. It’s election time again. That means hustings, ...

Plans have been submitted to build a nine-caravan Gypsy and Traveller site near Battle in East Sussex, prompting fears of 'severe' congestion.

Background Although previous studies suggest that Gypsy Travellers have poorer health status and excess mortality compared with the general population, there is no epidemiological evidence using ...

Jonathan Parker is affiliated with the Green Party. Vanessa Heaslip does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, ...