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A campaigner accused Cambridge City Council of failing to help Gypsy and Traveller families in a debate that took place days after it sought a court order to move on an illegal encampment at Arbury Town Park. Jannie Brightman said she and others had highlighted the lack of stopping places for Travellers for four years and was “fed up” with the lack of progress. The council said it has been working to find new sites, but due to “multiple reasons” none of them could be progressed. At last week’s full council meeting, Ms Brightman told councillors that the lack of transit sites was the cause of t…