Essex Police have announced a dispersal order will be in place during the protest in Epping, giving them powers to arrest anyone engaging in anti-social behaviour

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.

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 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,

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.

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.