Overview

• Goulding shared footage of crowds chanting "send them back" outside a Holiday Inn and said she felt "embarrassed to be a Brit" in an Instagram post.
• Police in West Drayton arrested five people after masked men tried to storm the Crowne Hotel, with two officers reporting minor injuries.
• Further flashpoints included Portsmouth and Nuneaton, where journalists were harassed and two women were detained on suspicion of a public order offense after racist abuse caught on camera.
• The High Court overturned Epping Forest District Council’s initial win to evict asylum seekers from a hotel following a government appeal.
• At least 19 councils say they will pursue legal action to remove hotel accommodations as the prime minister declares he wants every asylum hotel closed.