The Home Office is taking over a hotel near the Nottinghamshire border to house asylum seekers. The Best Western Yew Lodge Hotel, Kegworth, has confirmed that they will be closing to the public and has informed guests that their reservations and health club memberships have been cancelled.
The hotel will be temporarily closing so that the Home Office can use the hotel, however no end-date has been confirmed. Local residents first reported the closure, as they use the hotel for the Reeds Health Club and Spa, as members were told at short notice that their memberships had been cancelled reports Leicestershire Live.
Other businesses based in the hotel, such as Marco Pierre White's New York Italian restaurant and the Houdini Escape Rooms, will also be closed so that the Home Office can have exclusive use of the building. A spokesperson for the hotel said: "I can confirm the Home Office have an exclusive use contract at the hotel and starts this Sunday."
