Yes, I read that too. Thing is either he was not wanting to go there, didn’t know about them, or he was banned for some reason.
There have been a few rough sleepers here in Chelmsford, but more recently there have been a lot more. I’ve seen some not only in shops, but subways and underpasses where they were not before. There are also the “aggressive beggars” in town as well of late (this seems to be a growing problems in Essex - Brentwood, Colchester, Clacton all seem to have a lot more than we do). In fact, there was a poster campaign here saying not to give them money, but to give the money to one of the local shelters instead.
https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/news/acti ... behaviour/