A 25-year veteran of a mobile caravan park expressed his “dismay” after being given just six weeks to vacate.
The Mount Pleasant Caravan & Camping Park in Christchurch, Dorset, has informed over 60 families that they must vacate by February 28.
Tony Cameron, a resident, stated that he and his spouse were unsure about their future plans and that “we’re effectively going to be homeless.”
The site’s recent owner, Regency Living, stated that it had to close it to complete construction and that it was assisting the BCP Council in finding housing for the impacted inhabitants.
A total of 67 families have been instructed to depart by February 28.
There was a feeling of “community” in the caravan park, according to Mr. Cameron, who resides there with his spouse.
“Everybody knows everybody else, we all get on together, we all look out for each other,” he stated.
“No one really knows what’s happening.”
He claimed it was traumatizing to be told they had to leave their home of over 20 years.
“My wife is upset, she suffers with depression anyway,” he stated.
“I’ve spent twenty-five years here. Here, I’ve established a home.
“It’s not that simple to just up and leave with a caravan, as though you’re on a holiday park.”
‘Really shocked’
Another site inhabitant, Alison Brandon-Kirby, expressed her affection for her life there.
“I like being outdoors, I like being in nature, I love to hear the birds sing, but more importantly we are a community of people who stick together,” she stated.
According to her, she was “really shocked” to receive the letter.
“The first thought was ‘well, where am I going to live?’,” she recalled.
“They claim that since your caravan serves as your house, you are not homeless. I don’t have anywhere to store my trailer, therefore I’m homeless.”
She added that it would be challenging to locate another year-round residential location and that some of the caravans on the property could not be relocated. “I’m a powerful individual. I’m worried, but I’m not letting it get to me,” she remarked.
“You can’t not be worried.”
“Mount Pleasant is currently a touring field with operations, infrastructure, and occupants with oral pitch agreements for holiday occupation purposes only,” a Regency Living representative stated.
“We have decided to close Mount Pleasant in order to do work that will maintain the park’s long-term viability and compliance, as part of our continuous efforts to ensure the health and safety, compliance, and good governance of our parks.
“Mount Pleasant does not currently meet our standards for a permanent residential park and requires significant investment to bring it up to standard before this can be viable.”
Police say 10 people killed in Sweden school campus shooting
Ten people, including the suspected shooter, were killed in a shooting at an education center in central Sweden, according to police.
The incident at the Risbergska school in Orebro, 200 kilometers (124 miles) west of the Swedish capital, on Tuesday was dubbed the “worst mass shooting in Swedish history” by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
According to police, the culprit is thought to have acted alone and is also deceased. They excluded anything “ideological” but stressed that the motivation was still unknown. “It is difficult to take in the magnitude of what has happened today,” Kristersson said at an evening news conference.
Earlier, police warned that other individuals had been hurt and that the death toll could still climb.
Police said in a statement Wednesday morning that it is still unknown how many people were hurt.
Our current understanding of the school shooting At 12:33 local time (11:33 GMT), police received reports of a shooting at the adult education center Risbergska school. The building is situated on a complex that also houses other educational institutions.
People who have not completed primary or secondary school are the main attendees of these centers.
Students were previously confined indoors “for security purposes” at a number of local schools.
“We don’t want members of the public to go there,” Roberto Eid Forest, the head of Orebro police, cautioned.
Alongside the prime minister, the justice minister expressed his sympathies to those impacted by the “tragedy” and promised the public that it would be safe to return to the nation’s schools on Wednesday.
Gunnar Strommer remarked, “[I’ve] never seen a school shooting of this magnitude,”
According to local media, nearby hospitals had made room for patients by clearing out their intensive care units and emergency rooms.
Orebro University Hospital said five people injured by gunshot wounds were treated at its emergency room. An additional sixth person, not injured by a gun, had “minor injuries” treated, it said.
No children were among the people being treated there, the municipality for Orebro County said in an update.
Lena Warenmark, a teacher, told Swedish public broadcaster SVT that she heard about ten gunshots near her study.
Ali el Mokad, a relative of a man who is thought to have been enrolled in the school at the time of the attack, had set up shop outside a nearby hospital to inquire about the health of his family members.
When Mr. Mokad told the Reuters news agency, “It doesn’t feel very good actually,” According to him, his cousin also knew someone at the school, and “she fell to the ground because she was crying so much” when she called her buddy earlier.
“What she witnessed seemed so awful to her. “All she saw were people on the ground, hurt, and blood all over the place,” Mr. Mokad recalled, recounting the scene at his cousin’s
