The government successfully overturned a temporary injunction which would have blocked asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping. But the local council is defiant, insisting the ...

Craig Kitts, who says he is fighting to 'protect our women and children' from migrants, admitted to assault by beating ...

Judges have overturned the High Court order to shutdown the asylum hotel in Epping, after government warnings of nationwide chaos if the decision stood. However, the move has been met with a backlash ...

A wave of anti-asylum seeker protests and counter-demonstrations were staged outside The Bell Hotel in Epping during summer 2025 A council cannot appeal against a High Court decision that allowed ...

What started in July 2025 after an asylum seeker was accused of assault in Epping quickly snowballed into anti‑immigration protests across the UK—from London and Manchester to Cardiff, Portsmouth, ...

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A man accused of violent disorder at an anti-asylum protest at The Bell Hotel was described at his trial as the "man who runs the local football team" who "went along as a pillar of the community".

Aug. 20 (UPI) --Britain's High Court handed down a landmark ruling temporarily blocking a London-area hotel from being used to house asylum seekers after a campaign by local people opposed to the ...

04:18, Fri, Aug 22, 2025 Updated: 04:18, Fri, Aug 22, 2025 Asylum hotels across the country will be hit by a wave of anti-immigration protests this weekend. Dozens of demonstrations were being planned ...

09:15, Mon, Jul 28, 2025 Updated: 15:07, Mon, Jul 28, 2025 The local council in Epping is exploring all possible options to shut a migrant hotel which has been the scene of several large protests this ...

The number of far-right and anti-immigration protests have spiked under Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership, new data shows.

LONDON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The British government policy of housing thousands of asylum seekers in hotels was facing severe pressure on Wednesday, as opponents leapt on a court ruling to call for ...