Meet the Bristol 'van dwellers' living 'off grid'

The emaciated figure that shuffles to the flimsy caravan door and squints against the late-morning sunlight has clearly not been awake for long. This admission lends weight to horrified local residents' claims that the van dwellers have been using the long grass in the nearby cemetery as a public toilet - a claim LJ doesn't deny. Residents have been trying to get rid of the dwellers for months after a rise in anti-social behaviour One resident said criminal activity among the van dwellers includes drug dealing 'We think it's Covid but because we have no address, we can't see a GP for treatment. Dan said other criminal activity among the van dwellers includes drug dealing - crack cocaine and heroin, in particular. Some of the 'van dwellers' have returned to the leafy street after previously being told to move on by the council One of the caravans parked outside the cemetery features a sign that reads: 'Bristol sinking city' Dexter Shallcross, 24, has lived on the street in his yellow Mercedes Benz Sprinter since September.