88 m. ago Man charged after police and protesters clashed at 'asylum seeker' hotel

Thursday’s demonstration was the latest in a series of protests since a man was charged with sexual assault

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1 hour ago Man charged with violent disorder over clashes outside Epping hotel

Eight police officers were injured following what started as a peaceful protest outside the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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2 h. ago UK asylum seekers are trying to get double benefit payments by claiming in Ireland AND Britain

Afghanistan asylum seeker Zafar had travelled across mainland Europe to France before making the channel crossing to the UK, applying for asylum status on June 16.

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39 h. ago What did they think would happen? The Bell Hotel has stood in a leafy village for decades. Dozens of migrants moved in. Then a sex assault charge sparked angry riots

The Bell Hotel in Epping has become the focus of anger against migrants after an asylum seeker staying there was charged with sexually assaulting two teenage girls just days after arriving in Britain.

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45 h. ago Epping protest: Cops break silence on claims police van drove into protester

Police say a van 'made contact' with a protester in Epping, Essex after being 'blocked in' following a violent demonstration outside the Bell Hotel, which left eight officers injured

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50 h. ago Eight officers injured following protest outside alleged asylum seeker hotel

The officers sustained injuries to their hands as well as cuts and grazes, Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Hooper said.

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51 h. ago Epping protest: Police hunt thugs after officers injured amid violent scenes outside migrant hotel

Police vowed those responsible would ‘feel the full force of the law’ following violent clashes on Thursday night

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3 d. ago A parish priest and several injured as airstrikes hit a Gaza church

Catholic Church officials say airstrikes hit the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza on Thursday morning, injuring several people including the parish priest, officials

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3 d. ago Security guards at asylum seeker hotel in Essex were ambushed at a bus stop during violent anti

The stewards, both male, were assaulted by a group of men at a bus stop on Epping's High Road, close to the town's Bell Hotel - the target of a large anti-immigration protest.

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4 d. ago Syrian asylum seeker, 18, appears in court accused of raping woman in a public toilet on popular seafront

Mohammed Abdullah, 18, allegedly attacked the 20-year-old woman in the toilet in Undercliff Drive, Bournemouth, at about 2am on July 6.

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4 d. ago How an asylum seeker hotel at the centre of violent protests 'over migrant sex attacks' has long plagued its market town

Five years ago, a shabby run down hotel on the edge of the Essex market town of Epping became the subject of unwarranted attention.

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4 d. ago Transgender asylum seeker released from ICE custody following order from federal judge in Oregon

A transgender asylum seeker from Mexico has been released from a Washington state immigration detention center after being held for over a month

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5 d. ago Pictured: Ethiopian asylum seeker charged with three sexual assaults in two days

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, appeared at Colchester Magistrates' Court last week where he was formally accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour towards the females in Epping, Essex.

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5 d. ago Ethiopian asylum seeker is charged with three sexual assaults in two days

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, appeared at Colchester Magistrates' Court last week where he was formally accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour towards the females in Epping, Essex.

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5 d. ago Protest outside migrant hotel in Essex erupts into violence as fights break out 'after asylum seeker was accused of committing three sexual assaults'

The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, descended into bloody mayhem as activists brawled on the streets - while police battled to contain the chaos.

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6 d. ago Epping migrant hotel protest descends into violence as fight breaks out

Scores protest after asylum seeker charged with committing three sexual assaults — just eight days after arriving in UK on small boat

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6 d. ago Iran's president was injured in Israeli airstrike on security council officials and had to escape through an emergency hatch, Tehran reveals

Mr Pezeshkian, 70, is said to have sustained a leg injury and was forced to flee the building through a pre-planned emergency hatch.

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8 d. ago Police find at least nine suspicious devices after shooting man with chainsaw

Plumber Sean O’Meara, 36, was wearing a gas mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer on Monday.

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9 d. ago At least four suspicious devices found after police shooting

Plumber Sean O’Meara was wearing a gas-mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer on Monday in Kent.

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1 week ago Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker who went on the run after being caught with drugs is spared prison

Kenson Noel, 30, was sent to live on the migrant barge in Portland, Dorset, in May last year but when he arrived he was found to have 6.5g of cannabis on him.

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