A HOMELESS community living on the outskirts of Newport was evicted from their camp during the early hours of the coldest night of the year.
While many on the Isle of Wight were firing up the central heating to keep warm on this week, four people with mental health and addiction problems were huddled under tarpaulin and tents.
The group had been living in a field by Mountjoy, Newport, for four years, relatively peacefully.
But, on Wednesday, at around 3.30am, the landowner remove the occupants, according to Trevor Blaney of the The Pop Up Soup Kitchen.

He said the personal possessions of the four residents, as well as three other people and items stored there, had been lost, while tents and equipment — gas bottles, sleeping bags, mats, stoves and cutlery — belonging to the soup kitchen were destroyed.
Trevor said: "The landowner had seen a BBC report on the Bus Shelter IW.
"He had seen the state of his land and has quite a few very expensive solar panels and he decided to clear up."
Trevor believes the landowner had previously been unaware of the community's presence because he had rented it out and payments had always been met on time.
Two of the men who had been living at the site are considered particularly vulnerable and have disappeared with no trace.
The other two people — who at first refused to leave — were provided a meal by Trevor, before being found a place at the Bus Shelter.
Bus Shelter organiser Kev Newton said on Facebook: "Both slept comfortably and warm on the bus last night after having a hot meal.
"We advised them that despite leaving of there own volition, they would be welcomed back as long as we had space. Thank you to The Pop Up Soup Kitchen for transporting them. We do not give up on anyone."

Reporter: matthewm@iwcpmail.co.uk