COPS have admitted escorting pro-migrant protesters to an asylum hotel before violence erupted. Essex Police had initially denied it had brought demonstrators from Stand Up to Racism to the Bell

Police have denied “bussing” anti-racism protesters to a demonstration outside a taxpayer-funded hotel housing asylum seekers in Epping - but have admitted to escoring them their “for Essex Police said it provided a “foot cordon” for protesters but said claims officers “bussed” counter-demonstrators to the Bell Hotel were “categorically wrong”.

Essex Police "have questions to answer" after pro-migrant protesters were guided to the Epping hotel at the centre of violence, the migration minister has said.

Essex Police has strongly denied claims by Nigel Farage it "bussed" counter-demonstrators to a protest outside a migrant hotel in Epping. The Reform UK leader had called for the force's chief constable to resign over the accusations.

The Home Office has confirmed that food delivery companies such as Deliveroo and Just Eat will know the location of hotels housing asylum seekers. It hopes the move will prevent illegal working as the companies will be able to monitor behaviour, such as an account spending a lot of time near one of the hotels.

Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins discuss some of the biggest media stories this week including how the protests at the migrant hotel in Epping are being covered by different media outlets. Videos by YouTube journalist Wesley Winter have been seen hundreds and thousands of times online.

Essex Police officers have been spotted shepherding pro-migrant protesters to the hotel in Epping at the heart of this week's unrest. The force had at first denied escorting the demonstrators to the hotel - but have now U-turned to claim it was officers' "duty" to do so.

One Metropolitan police van sped through an improvised blockade on Epping High Street ‘making contact’ with a protester who appeared to fail to move out of the way. Staff at the hotel told Metro on Thursday that the car park was a no-go zone after the riot as they feared the protesters would return in force.

COPS have arrested six more after “mindless thuggery” unfolded outside a migrant hotel in Epping. Chaos erupted outside The Bell Hotel in Essex last week after an asylum seeker

The glamorous area in Essex where Rod Stewart calls home is making headlines as protestors call for migrant hotel, The Bell, to be closed for good