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Sixteen people held after disorder at Bell Hotel which began peacefully

COMMENT: Protesters outside a hotel housing asylum seekers have accused the local force of ‘bussing in’ anti-racism campaigners, a fallacy repeated by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and which has taken hold on social media. But it’s not the police stirring up trouble, says Sean O’Grady

There have been a series of demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel in Epping since an asylum seeker was charged with sexual assault.

Essex Police have already spent £100,000 policing unrest in Epping as they’re forced to draft in support from neighbouring forces after the protests turned ugly

Protesters gathered at the site in London after posts claimed migrants were being moved there from the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex

Essex force describes allegation, repeated by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and others, as ‘categorically wrong’

Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington, of Essex Police, denied an accusation made by the Clacton MP.

A series of demonstrations has taken place outside the Bell Hotel in Epping over the last week.

In a social media video, Farage said Essex Police chief constable should resign as a result of the claims

There have been a series of protests outside the Bell Hotel in Epping.

IN FOCUS: While the violent protests have subsided, Epping remains split over the events that sparked the unrest that has plagued the community for the past 10 days, as Holly Evans and Nicole Wootton-Cane report