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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Sebastian Mann

Hotel cancels weddings as it is told to take on more refugees

An East Midlands hotel was told to cancel weddings in order to take on more refugees. Stoke Rochford Hall Hotel is welcoming more refugee families with "immediate effect", meaning they have had to cancel three weddings.

The hotel in Grantham, Lincolnshire, houses refugees as part of a compulsory contract with the Government. Several hotels in Lincolnshire, and many across the country, have been used to house refugees fleeing Afghanistan.

Lincolnshire Live reports the Stoke Rochford Hotel's contract with the Government had been extended. A spokesperson for the hotel said: "The hotel has received notification from the Home Office that the current government contract is to be extended to take additional families with immediate effect.

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