A 'one of a kind' see-through coffin was carried through London as a gypsy woman was put to rest wearing a Victorian wedding dress. Pauline Devlin, who was non-verbal and never married ...

Originally from Hungary, she is just one of the estimated 250,000 Romany gypsies to relocate to the UK from Eastern Europe over the last decade. But with the influx of people has come their ...

Those who do secure pitches on council-managed sites often have to contend with living near potential hazards. For our recent study, we mapped local authority-managed Gypsy and Traveller sites in ...

For our recent study, we mapped local authority-managed Gypsy and Traveler sites in Great Britain. Of those sites, 39% were within 50 meters of one or more major pollutants and 54% were within 100 ...

The culture of Britain's Romany Gypsies is "at risk of being lost", according to the founder of a community group. Charmaine Abdul-Karim started Pride of Romany in Nantwich, Cheshire, in 2022 as ...

As explained by Professor Coretta Phillips: Historical accounts show that since their arrival in England and Scotland Romani Gypsies and Irish Travellers have been associated with criminal offending.

16th century Gypsies were persecuted and the Hansa Steelyard was attacked and closed down but Jews were allowed back into England in the 17th century. The Huguenots and other Protestant refugees ...

Gypsies suffered extreme persecution. They moved from place to place at a time when most people still lived all their lives in the same village. Their nomadic lifestyle meant that they existed ...

Best joked he hoped the national treasure would serenade him with Goldfinger Guests were given luxury goodie bags which contained perfume and hair combs Britain's richest gypsy Alfie Best rubbed ...

Research by The Traveller Movement found that around 91% of Britain’s 63,000 Gypsies and Travellers had experienced discrimination. And such prejudice has been reported in countries across Europe.