No10 slams violent 'thugs' after six arrested during latest migrant hotel demonstration - Missiles were thrown at an elderly woman counter-protesting who had to be escorted away by police

Violent anti-migrant protests in Epping, Essex, have cost police £100,000. Eight police officers were injured following what started as a peaceful protest outside the Bell Hotel in Epping on Thursday evening. The latest protest, on Sunday, saw more than 100 demonstrators assemble outside the hotel with some chanting “save our kids”.

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.