And northern ireland. 250 people have been arrested. Two Hotels Housing Asylum seekers were surrounded by mobs on sunday. In rotherham, a group of 700 people gathered outside a hotel, where some lit a fire, smashed windows and managed to get inside the building where Asylum Seekers were staying. There were also violent scenes in middlesbrough, bolton, hull and weymouth, as well as other parts of the uk. In tamworth, police are urging members of the public to avoid the area around the Holiday Inn hotel, as specialist officers continue to deal with what they described as Violent Acts Of Thuggery by a large group of people throwing projectiles, including at Police Officers. Protests began after three young girls were stabbed to death in the Town Of Southport last monday and soon turned violent. 0nline rumours falsely blamed the killings on a migrant. A number of mps have said the Uk Parliament should be recalled in light of recent events. The Prime Minister said those involved would be sw
Hundreds of people have gathered outside a hotel believed to be Housing Asylum seekers. The demonstrators broke windows, threw projectiles and police, and a number of fires have been Set Alight outside the building. Chants of get them out could be heard outside by the far right protesters. At one stage, a large bin was set on fire and used to break through a window of the buildings. Some demonstrators could then be seen entering through the hole and throwing chairs back out into the crowds. More than 100 people were arrested on saturday after demonstrations organised by the far right descended into scenes of violence in towns and cities across england and Northern Ireland. The government insists that the police have all the resources they need to deal with the disorder. Many of the demonstrations have been fuelled by anti immigrant sentiment. With me is our reporter nickjohnson. We saw some of the images there from rotherham. Just update us on what were seeing at the moment . The ictur
Hello and welcome to the programme, im luxmy gopal. We start with our Breaking News from the uk where there have been more violent far right protests in england. This is the scene in rotherham in the last half hour the british Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer has made a staement from Downing Street about the Violence which he called far right thuggery. Protests on Counter Protests taking place. Protests on Counter Protests taking lace. ,. , , place. Counter protesters left the area but protesting place. Counter protesters left the area but protesting and place. Counter protesters left the area but protesting and unrest i area but protesting and unrest continued with some groups of protesters causing Violence And Damage with throwing things at Police Officers and throwing things into the hotel. They had been surrounding a Holiday Inn express hotel in Rotherham And chanting, get them out, and it is believed the hotel where Housing Asylum seekers. There were people still within the hotel