The Latest Breaking News from Epping Forest District Council

How people in Epping reacted to closure of migrant hotel

Epping Forest District Council was granted a temporary High Court injunction on Tuesday blocking asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel.

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2025

‘A victory for mums and dads’ as asylum seekers to be removed from Essex hotel

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch hits out at Labour for ‘putting young male illegal immigrants’ in towns

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2025

Ministers braced for further legal challenges after High Court Epping decision

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage hailed the decision a ‘victory’.

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2025

Council’s bid to block hotel housing asylum seekers to be heard on Friday

Epping Forest District Council is seeking an interim injunction stopping migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

Evening Standard · Aug 14, 2025

Council seeks High Court ban on asylum seekers being housed at protest-hit Epping hotel

It comes after a series of protests in recent weeks outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

Home Office working to ‘restore order’ as council calls for asylum hotel to shut

Multiple demonstrations have been held outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2025

One arrest as protesters again descend on hotel in Epping

Dozens gather outside The Bell Hotel in Epping after recent string of violent protests there – although police describe latest demonstration as ‘peaceful so far’

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

Arrest made outside migrant hotel as Epping council votes to ‘shut it’

Councillors worried public demonstrations ‘being infiltrated on the extremes of politics’

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

'It's a powder keg': Government warned UK faces another summer of riots after Epping migrant hotel violence

Epping Forest District Council leader Chris Whitbread described the Essex town as a ‘powder keg’ after violent demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel on Sunday

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2025

Mum 'won't survive another winter' after living in damp flat from hell for 5 YEARS

Joanna Vienesta, 44, has to walk around her flooded flat in wellington boots as the property's pipes constantly leak and she continues to slip over the dangerous water

Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2022