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Men living in the Bell hotel in Essex tell how they have been verbally abused, chased and physically attacked

Managers at Brandon Groves AFC said the 19-year-old England and Arsenal star has left a lasting legacy at the Essex club.

Government concerned about risk of unrest spreading ahead of new protests at the Bell hotel in Essex

The charges come after protests outside the Bell Inn hotel in Epping, Essex, which ‘escalated to the point of disorder’

Multiple demonstrations have been held outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

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

Sixteen people held after disorder at Bell Hotel which began peacefully

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

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

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

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