I am standing on a stone bridge in the quaint - and, for 51 weeks of the year, blissfully quiet - Cumbrian town of Appleby as a tracksuit-clad child walks past pulling a tiny, ragged pony.

Every year in the first week of June, videos begin cropping up online showing Travellers riding in their horse-drawn wagons as they prepare to descend on the market town for the…

Fears of overcrowding and crime have once again forced shops and restaurants to close for the six day event which attracts around 10,000 travellers.

Officers stopped the vehicle near the Cumbrian market town around 1am on Friday as it travelled towards the fair's trade fields.

I am standing on a stone bridge in the quaint - and, for 51 weeks of the year, blissfully quiet - Cumbrian town of Appleby as a tracksuit-clad child walks past pulling a tiny,…

I am standing on a stone bridge in the quaint - and, for 51 weeks of the year, blissfully quiet - Cumbrian town of Appleby as a tracksuit-clad child walks past pulling a tiny,…

I am standing on a stone bridge over the swollen River Eden in the quaint - and, for 51 weeks of the year, blissfully quiet - town of Appleby as a tracksuit-clad child walks past…