Overview

• Essex Police arrested a 33-year-old man from Loughton on suspicion of violent disorder and criminal damage following Thursday’s clashes outside the Bell Hotel.
• Officers invoked section 60AA powers to require protesters to remove face coverings, warning that refusal could lead to arrest.
• Investigators released images of three men wanted in connection with attacks on riot vans and assaults on officers during the earlier demonstration.
• More than 100 protesters gathered again on Sunday evening, setting off flares and hurling bottles and smoke canisters at police lines.
• Chief Supt Simon Anslow emphasised that policing would remain impartial and that authorities would act robustly to safeguard peaceful protest while pursuing offenders.