One person has been arrested as protesters again descended on a hotel in Essex that is believed to be housing asylum seekers.Dozens gathered outside The Bell Hotel in Epping on Thursday evening, following a recent string of violent protests there – although shortly after 7.

One arrest has been made as protesters gather outside a hotel in Essex believed to be housing asylum seekers.Dozens were outside The Bell Hotel, Epping, on Thursday evening, and shortly after 7.30pm police said the protest had “so far been peaceful”.

Protesters clashed with police outside the hotel in Essex last week, after a man living there was charged with sexual assault.