Concern is mounting that recent violent anti-immigrant protests could herald a new summer of unrest, a year after the UK was rocked by its worst riots

Two more people have been charged following anti-migrant protests in Epping, bringing the total number to nine.

The Metropolitan Police has erected a steel ring outside the Britannia Hotel in east London. The hotel is set to host asylum seekers, according to the local council, and now the police have put up metal barriers to prevent anyone unauthorised from entering.

The father of a young girl who was allegedly targeted by an Ethiopian asylum seeker in Epping blamed the government for putting “children and grandchildren at risk” as a heavy police presence gathered in the town,

An Epping councillor has said tensions are reaching “boiling point” in the community amid ongoing anti-migrant protests over a hotel housing asylum seekers in the Essex town.

Essex Police said they need to speak to Martin Peagram, 33, and Philip Curson, 52, after clashes between protesters and police outside Epping's Bell Hotel.

Tensions have escalated in the Essex commuter town of Epping as residents continue demonstrating against an asylum hotel that has housed migrants for several years. Local mother Lindsey Thompson emerged as a prominent voice during recent protests,

A council has unanimously voted to urge the Government to close a hotel housing asylum seekers following a series of protests around the site in Essex.