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Arrest made as protesters gather outside Epping hotel ‘housing asylum seekers’

A group gathered outside The Bell Hotel, Epping, on Thursday evening and shortly after 7.30pm police said the protest had ‘so far been peaceful’.

The Independent UK

How violent protests in Epping are being fuelled by disinformation

Claims Essex police force bussed in antiracism activists have been denied but have spread on social media and rightwing news channels

The Guardian - UK

How social media is helping the far right spread fear and hate

IN FOCUS : What started as a group of locals voicing their grievances has escalated into what has been described as a ‘powder-keg situation’, with fears it could prompt a fresh wave of riots across the country. Holly Evans and Harriette Boucher report

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Dramatic moment police officers arrest Epping migrant hotel ‘protester’ at his home

Sixteen people held after disorder at Bell Hotel which began peacefully

Evening Standard

Sixteen arrested after protest outside migrant hotel in Epping

Police have issued pictures of two men they want to speak to.

Evening Standard

Voices: In its handling of the Epping asylum hotel protest, what exactly has Essex Police done wrong?

COMMENT: Protesters outside a hotel housing asylum seekers have accused the local force of ‘bussing in’ anti-racism campaigners, a fallacy repeated by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and which has taken hold on social media. But it’s not the police stirring up trouble, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

Police commissioner joins council to demand closure of asylum hotels after 'multiple serious incidents'

Council leader Chris Whitbread said: ‘Repeated warnings to the Home Office about the unsuitability of both sites have gone unheeded’

Evening Standard

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Epping disorder a ‘signal flare’ for further unrest this summer, police federation warns as protests continue

The head of the Police Federation, Tiff Lynch, said officers were likely to be taken away from neighbourhood duties

Evening Standard

Epping asylum hotel protesters ‘upset for legitimate reasons’, minister says

Jonathan Reynolds says ‘I understand the frustrations people have’, as police brace for further unrest

The Guardian - UK

Epping hotel anti-migrant protests were organised by members of Neo-Nazi groups

Two members of the Homeland Party have been identified as administrators of the Facebook group organising the protests

The Independent UK

Neo-Nazis 'leading anti-migrant protests at hotels'

The three sole administrators of the Facebook group, Epping Says No are believed to be members of the far-right political party Homeland

Evening Standard

Essex disorder was ‘signal flare’ of rising unrest and cracks in police forces

There have been a series of demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel in Epping since an asylum seeker was charged with sexual assault.

Evening Standard

Police fears over summer riots as forces already ‘stretched to the maximum’

Essex Police have already spent £100,000 policing unrest in Epping as they’re forced to draft in support from neighbouring forces after the protests turned ugly

The Independent UK

False online rumours spark protests outside Canary Wharf hotel earmarked for migrants

Protesters gathered at the site in London after posts claimed migrants were being moved there from the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex

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Police dismiss claims they bussed anti-racists to Epping asylum hotel protest

Essex force describes allegation, repeated by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and others, as ‘categorically wrong’

The Independent UK

Farage claim that police drove protesters to demo is not true – senior officer

Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington, of Essex Police, denied an accusation made by the Clacton MP.

Evening Standard

Police deny 'bussing' claims after escorting counter-protesters to Epping migrant hotel demo 'for safety reasons'

The force said the protests began peacefully but ‘escalated to the point of disorder and criminal damage’

The Independent UK

Farage counter-protester claims at asylum hotel are ‘categorically wrong’, Police say

In a social media video, Farage said Essex Police chief constable should resign as a result of the claims

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Essex Police say counter-protester transport claims ‘categorically wrong’

A series of demonstrations has taken place outside the Bell Hotel in Epping over the last week.

Evening Standard

Met Police attend second night of protests at Canary Wharf hotel set to house migrants

Officers guard the four-star Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf

Evening Standard

Five men charged after violent protests outside Essex hotel

There have been a series of protests outside the Bell Hotel in Epping.

The Independent UK

‘A crisis boiling over’: The Essex community divided over violent migrant protests

IN FOCUS: While the violent protests have subsided, Epping remains split over the events that sparked the unrest that has plagued the community for the past 10 days, as Holly Evans and Nicole Wootton-Cane report

Evening Standard

'It's a powder keg': Government warned UK faces another summer of riots after Epping migrant hotel violence

Epping Forest District Council leader Chris Whitbread described the Essex town as a ‘powder keg’ after violent demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel on Sunday

The Independent UK

Rayner warns Starmer UK faces another summer of riots if Labour fails to deliver

The deputy prime minister makes a dramatic intervention over the need for the Labour government to ‘show it can address people’s concerns’

The Independent UK

Farage defends protesters outside Essex asylum hotel as ‘concerned families’

Reform UK leader claims UK will see ‘civil disobedience on vast scale’ unless migrants stop arriving in UK on small boats

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