Migrant residing at Epping asylum seeker hotel is charged with sexual assault The 32-year-old Syrian has been charged with sexual assault, two counts of common assault and four of assault by beating.

Epping Forest District Council has not provided enough evidence from schools and police to justify an injunction, the Bell Hotel’s owners have said.

A protest-hit migrant hotel has become a “feeding ground for unrest”, a council seeking to ban its use for asylum seekers has argued. Epping Forest District Council had applied for a High ...

Epping Forest District Council is seeking a temporary injunction from the High Court against its owners, Somani Hotels Ltd, to stop migrants being housed at The Bell Hotel.