COUNCIL bosses are investigating if they can legally evict many travellers from the illegal Dale Farm site.

Just days after funding was approved for the £17.5million clearance traveller campaigners have unearthed evidence they alledge questions the validity of enforcement notices served on up to 48 of the caravan pitches.

If the claim holds water, it will be a major embarrassment for the authority, which first voted to send bailiffs into the site in July 2005.

Council solicitor Lorraine Browne said: “We have received correspondence regarding the validity of notices and are looking into it in detail and will respond accordingly."

SPECIAL REPORT IN TUESDAY'S ECHO