Dozens of Linton-on-Ouse residents are threatening to sell their homes over fears that a proposed Home Office facility at a nearby former RAF base could house up to 1,200 asylum seekers, effectively doubling the small North Yorkshire village’s population and overwhelming its local infrastructure. Homeowners in Linton-on-Ouse fear they face devastating property value drops ofContinue reading “Sell Up Or Get Outnumbered: The Battle For Linton-On-Ouse”
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Threat To Turn Dambusters HQ RAF Scampton Into Migrant Detention Centre
Families living in a historical village have been left furious amid new plans to house migrants at the former Dambusters base. The iconic World War II mission to destroy German dams with ‘bouncing bombs’ was launched at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire in 1943 and altered the course of the war. However, after widespread criticism nationwide, the crucial base has nowContinue reading “Threat To Turn Dambusters HQ RAF Scampton Into Migrant Detention Centre”
