‘I feel helpless’: van dwellers stuck in tight spot on Bristol’s historic Downs

Soaring rents have driven people to live in vehicles - which has caused friction with residents and prompted the council to tow away caravans

Callum peers nervously out of the gloom of his cramped, graffiti-sprayed caravan, which he shares with a tiny tabby kitten. It's not much, but the alternative is the streets.

Two weeks ago, he almost lost the caravan he calls home when Bristol city council started removing live-in vans from a tree-lined lane through historic parkland in the north of the city.