Designated protest areas are directly opposite the Bell Hotel ‘and will have their own designated entry and exit routes’, the assistant chief constable added. There will also be sites near the Civic Centre, and he said ‘if you move from the Bell Hotel to the Civic Centre, you will not be able to return’.

The order gives officers the power to direct anyone suspected of committing anti-social behaviour, or planning to do so, to leave the area or face arrest. It comes after Nigel Farage called for Essex Police Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington to resign.

British police will have hundreds of officers on duty this weekend to deal with protests linked to immigration, a regional police chief said on Wednesday, amid worries over possible rioting.

A man who allegedly drove his vehicle through two yards before crashing into a person’s driveway in Essex early Monday was arrested on a charge of drunk driving, police said.

Essex Police have denied claims officers “bussed” counter-demonstrators to a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers last week, calling them “categorically wrong”. A series of demonstrations has taken place outside the Bell Hotel in Epping since asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu,

Essex Police said they need to speak to Martin Peagram, 33, and Philip Curson, 52, after clashes between protesters and police outside Epping's Bell Hotel.

Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker is leading the investigation into the death of Francis Gigliotti, who became unresponsive while struggling with Haverhill police officers July 11.

The head of the Police Federation, Tiff Lynch, said officers were likely to be taken away from neighbourhood duties