Travellers were ordered off land next to a primary school for trespassing.

A group of travellers entered council land next to Fairway Primary School in The Fairway, Mill Hill, last Thursday at 5pm.

Police, working with Barnet Borough Council officers, issued the travellers with an eviction notice at 7.30pm, and they left the site by 8.30pm.

Golders Green Councillor Dean Cohen, chairman of the environment committee, said: “I am delighted that police and council officers were able to work so quickly to clear the space and ensure that there was no lengthy trespass.”