Crowds gathered outside a hotel in Rotherham reportedly used to accommodate asylum seekers have smashed windows.

People are draped in England and Union Jack flags outside the South Yorkshire hotel, and police are monitoring the situation, as a counter rally chanting pro-migrant slogans has also gathered size.


There is a heavy police presence at the hotel, where some demonstrators are wearing masks and waving flags.

Images from the scene show riot officers, as well as officers on horseback separating the crowd from the Holiday Inn entrance.

u200bRioters can be seen smashing windows at the Yorkshire hotel

Rioters can be seen smashing windows at the Yorkshire hotel

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English Defence League founder and former leader Tommy Robinson has claimed the widespread anarchy yesterday – and throughout the night, is “not on him.”

Shocking scenes across the UK over the last week include a library in Liverpool being burnt out and a mosque attacked by rioters in Southport.

More to come…