Percy Bennett News Today

Denise Bennett’s emotions held through the 21-gun salute. Through the playing of taps. Through the carefully choreographed removal of the American flag that had been draped over the casket nearby.

A FAMILY living on a roundabout in Redditch features in a new TV documentary revealing the hidden world of the gypsy and traveller community. Channel 5s Here Come The Gypsies! follows Romani gypsy Percy Bennett, his wife Rose and their two daughters. In one episode, they are camped off Millrace Road, near Sainsburys, in the Enfield area of Redditch, selling wreaths to people visiting the nearby Abbey Cemetery. Another episode shows them setting out with their hawks to hunt rabbits and ...