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Protests at Bell hotel in Epping for fifth time on Sunday as others demonstrated in Norfolk and London

Anti-illegal migration protesters and counter-demonstrators have staged a rally outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

The charges come after protests outside the Bell Inn hotel in Epping, Essex, which ‘escalated to the point of disorder’

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

Claims Essex police force bussed in antiracism activists have been denied but have spread on social media and rightwing news channels

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