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Good morning to you. The sun is shining, not so much so on the local residents, metaphorically
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No, there's certainly a lot of anger that we saw last night, a lot of frustration
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And as one lady put it, that she was devastated at the result, overturning that temporary injunction at the Court of Appeal yesterday
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There were protesters that gathered here, the majority of them peaceful, well-humoured
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waving their flags and making their voices heard. But Essex police confirmed last night
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that three men were arrested, one on suspicion of violent disorder, a second on suspicion of assaulting a police officer
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and a third arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a car was driving on the wrong side of the road
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towards a police cordon. They say that they all remain still in police custody
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But here last night, as a wasp tries to get in my face this morning
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Here last night, those voices were heard. And let's take a listen to some of the people that we spoke to
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Absolutely disgusting. Devastated. Feel like crying. We come here every week show our support and then they taken it that they got more rights than us citizens An absolute disgrace There has to be suitable places to put them not within communities not scattered about houses
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They're unchecked, and that makes them dangerous. That's the views of some of the Epping residents we spoke to last night
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The reasons for the Court of Appeal overturning that temporary injunction, they gave multiple reasons
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One of them was they said that the judge made a number of errors in principle, which they say undermined the decision
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including closing one site means capacity needs to be identified elsewhere in the system
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and that such a decision may incentivise other local authorities to take similar action
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We do know that around 13, it's been reported, 13 other councils are considering pressing ahead
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Even though this temporary injunction has been overturned, 13 councils, it's reported in the newspapers today, 13 are still pressing ahead to consider legal action
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And that apparently includes several Labour-run authorities as well. So still not the end of the road for Epping Forest District Council either
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They say that they are looking into all available options after that decision was overturned at the Court of Appeal yesterday
