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Epping's Bell Hotel will stop being used as asylum seekers' accommodation
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (700+ words) Flares go off as police officers stand guard the Bell Hotel as demonstrators gather outside on July 20(Image: Getty Images) Epping's Bell Hotel will stop being used as accommodation for asylum seekers. The Home Office told Epping Forest District Council…...
Staff and asylum seekers removed from Bell Hotel due to 'safety concerns"
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (265+ words) Protesters outside the Bell Hotel(Image: PA) All residents and staff at The Bell Hotel in Epping, which has been used to house asylum seekers and was the location of protests last year, have been removed from the property. On…...
Cost of council's effort to close Bell Hotel in Epping rises to "860k
1+ week, 5+ day ago (504+ words) Protesters outside the Bell Hotel (Image: PA) The cost of trying to close the Bell Hotel as accommodation for asylum seekers has risen to "860, 000. It means the cost to Epping Forest District Council in its legal fight to stop the…...
Exact number of asylum seekers living in Essex hotels in your local area
2+ week, 5+ day ago (320+ words) The Bell Hotel in Epping has been at the centre of protests in recent years(Image: Lucy North/PA Wire) The exact number of asylum seekers living in Essex hotels has been revealed. New figures shows that the number has…...
Emergency services rush to busy Essex hotel after 'concern for welfare"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (221+ words) A general view of Colchester's High Street(Image: Essex Live) A man has been taken to hospital after a large emergency service presence was spotted outside a Colchester hotel. Multiple police cars, ambulances and fire engines were seen near to…...
Essex's danger hotspots where police are tackling knife crime
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (420+ words) It comes as new figures show a drop in the number of serious violence incidents involving knives Visible police patrols in crime hotspot areas have helped lead to a decline in serious violence incidents involving knives in the county. Officers…...
Police make nine arrests for 'immigration offences' during overnight operations
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (247+ words) A delivery rider has his details checked outside Chelmsford police station before being arrested(Image: Essex Police) Nine arrests for 'immigration offences' were made during two recent overnight operations in Essex. Officers targeted criminal activity on the roads of Chelmsford,…...
Arsonist asylum seeker faces 'substantial' prison sentence for hotel fires
2+ mon, 3+ week 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
2+ mon, 3+ week 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
3+ mon, 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…...