HUNDREDS of campaigners armed with banners, megaphones, whistles and drums marched through Basildon town centre to protest over the selling-off of playing fields across the borough.
Around 300 protesters from the Kent View Road and Gloucester Park campaign groups joined forces outside Toys R Us and marched through the town centre to vent their anger over the council selling off land to fund the £38 million Sporting Village.
Many shoppers stopped to cheer on the campaigners as they gathered outside the council offices in St Martin's Square.
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