A town on the outskirts of London was rocked by protesters who descended on a hotel housing asylum seekers for the second time in four days on Sunday night amid anger about a migrant accused of sexual assault.

A protest outside a suspected asylum hotel in Essex has descended into chaos, with police arresting six demonstrators. Bottles and smoke flares were hurled towards police vehicles during the demonstration outside the hotel in Epping.

Six arrested as police condemn 'mindless thuggery' during latest migrant hotel demonstration - Missiles were thrown at an elderly woman counter-protester who had to be escorted away by police