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Arsonist asylum seeker faces 'substantial' prison sentence for hotel fires
22+ hour, 40+ min ago (530+ words) Abdul Rahman was arrested by police outside the Bell Hotel in Epping(Image: CPS) An asylum seeker has been told he faces a "substantial custodial sentence" after committing arson at two migrant hotels in Essex. Iraqi sheep farmer Abdul Rahman,…...
Inside scene of devastation left by arsonist asylum seeker after hotel fires
27+ min ago (297+ words) These shocking images reveal the scale of destruction left behind after an asylum seeker hotel was set on fire last year. Abdul Rahman, 37, has been told he faces a "substantial" prison sentence after committing arson at the Phoenix Hotel and…...
Council 'shocked' after losing bid to stop asylum seekers living at hotel
1+ week, 1+ day ago (519+ words) Protesters outside the Bell Hotel(Image: PA) The council wanted to appeal against Mr Justice Mould's decision in November last year not to grant an injunction blocking the hotel's owner, Somani Hotels, from accommodating asylum seekers at the hotel. But…...
Red passport holders may not be able to go on holiday this summer
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (311+ words) UK holidaymakers who are still using an old red passport have been given a summer travel alert. If you're planning a sun-soaked break this year, make sure you check your passport before you fly out due to stringent entry regulations…...
Asylum seekers arriving in Essex get £8K social care budget
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (254+ words) You could qualify for a switch deal worth up to "255(Image: Getty) Asylum seekers arriving in Essex get an "8,000 budget for social care, it has been revealed. Essex County Council spent more than "15million social care for asylum seekers in one…...
Police warning as protestors to descend on asylum seeker accommodation
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (210+ words) Essex Police has placed a dispersal order on areas of Essex sparked by a planned protest A dispersal order will be in force in the area of RAF Wethersfield for 12 hours on Saturday ahead of a planned protest. Members of…...
Council sets out which homeless families will have priority for temporary homes
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (301+ words) Families with children sitting their GCSEs in Year 11 or who have special needs are among those to be given priority for temporary accommodation in Epping. Epping Forest District Council is set to agree its temporary accommodation policy at cabinet next…...
Council denounces 'rumours' of asylum seekers living in Essex police station
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (421+ words) An Essex council has hit back at claims that asylum seekers are living at a now-closed police station. Thurrock Council released a statement confirming that the former police station in Tilbury is not being used to accommodate people seeking asylum....
Decision made on controversial asylum seeker hotel appeal
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (315+ words) The Court of Appeal has overturned an injunction granted to Epping Forest District Council against housing asylum seekers at the Bell Hotel. Three judges have ruled that the Home Office should have been allowed to intervene during the case lodged…...
Owner of Bell Hotel appealing decision to block asylum seekers
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (240+ words) The owner of the hotel with have its appeal to overturn the decision to block asylum seekers being accommodated there this week The owner of an Essex hotel, which was blocked from housing asylum seekers at the site, is set…...