A warning to complacent Britain

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Wednesday, 23 July 2025 Welcome to From the Editor – the very best from our newsroom delivered to your inbox daily. Another summer of riots became a real concern for the Government yesterday when Angela Rayner told the Cabinet that mass migration is threatening community cohesion in Britain. Exactly how the Deputy Prime Minister plans to tackle the growing crisis remains a mystery, with no sense of urgency or plan in place. And yet outside of Westminster, the mood around immigration is becoming febrile. Last night, Essex Police admitted “escorting” pro-migrant counter-demonstrators to an asylum hotel in Epping where violent confrontations erupted. Will Bolton, our Crime Correspondent, reports. I’d love to hear what you think of this newsletter. You can email me your feedback here. Chris Evans, Editor P.S. You can now enjoy everything The Telegraph has to offer in our summer sale. Claim 1 year of full access for just £25. Today’s headlines Farewell Ozzy Osbourne: Rock’s most lunatic frontman Lionesses roar back to victory as England reach Euro 2025 final Streeting accuses doctors of ‘complete disdain for patients’ Anti-government protests break out in Kyiv Cleverly returns to Tory front bench to take on Rayner Trans athletes banned from US Olympics women’s sports Gull smashes cockpit of £73m Spanish fighter jet Britain must wake up Follow rigorous reporting on the threats to our democracy Enjoy 1 year for £25 in our Summer Sale Subscribe now   Police ‘escorted’ pro-migrant protesters to asylum hotel Essex officers brought counter-demonstrators to face angry locals, claim witnesses Will Bolton Crime Correspondent   Last night, Essex Police admitted they had escorted a large group of anti-racism protesters to a migrant hotel that has been at the centre of days of unrest. The past week has seen a number of demonstrations at The Bell Hotel, in Epping, after an asylum seeker staying at the accommodation was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. On Thursday, a crowd assembled outside the hotel to protest against the decision to house an unknown number of single adult males there. It had previously been used to house women, children and families. The force had initially denied bringing the activists from Stand up to Racism to the hotel following claims by anti-migrant protesters that it was their arrival that initially sparked violent scenes on July 17. When shown videos of the protesters being escorted by officers from a nearby station to the hotel, however, the force backtracked. A police van is left with a shattered windscreen during the clashes Essex Police will today hold a press conference in which they are expected to explain their approach to the demonstrations. Six people have been charged with offences related to the disorder, following further clashes between demonstrators and police on Sunday. In a statement to The Telegraph, Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Hooper said: “We have a reasonable duty to protect people who want to exercise their rights. In terms of bringing people to the hotel, the police have a duty to facilitate free assembly.” Local residents believe that the decision to escort counter-protestors, some of whom were masked, towards the hotel made violence inevitable. Footage shared on social media suggested the confrontation escalated shortly after the arrival of the counter-demonstrators. By Monday evening, the protests had spread to Norfolk after similar plans to house single male asylum seekers at a hotel were revealed. Read more ➤ Telegraph View: Epping is a warning to complacent Britain ➤   Opinion and analysis   Annabel Denham Acting Comment Editor & columnist Britain’s most persecuted group: white men Continue reading ➤     Philip Johnston Telegraph columnist and Chief Leader Writer Angela Rayner has got one thing right. Britain needs a tourism tax Continue reading ➤     Isabel Oakeshott Telegraph columnist My investigation proves the trafficking racket in Calais is evolving at frightening pace Continue reading ➤   Free thinking. Straight talking. Explore more opinion from the nation’s leading comment writers Enjoy 1 year for £25 in our Summer Sale Subscribe now     Must reads Inside Alligator Alcatraz: Prisoners describe ‘nightmare’ conditions The best, saddest and scariest things I’ve seen in my 500 England Tests ‘I’m 26 and in nine days I find out if I live or die’ What foreign guidebooks say about Britain ‘Celebrities are just like us – they’re idiots’: Ricky Gervais on Extras at 20 Mapped: The summer holiday beaches flooded with sewage   The best of the Telegraph   Britain’s substations are bursting into flames. The reason might be more worrying than the Russians One fire at an electricity substation is unfortunate. Nine in two months, though, has experts flummoxed. In a must-read from June, Jonathan Ford pieces together coincidences that link fires at Heathrow and Maida Vale with lesser-reported blazes in Nottingham and Glasgow. The likely causes are worrying, and we can’t dismiss Russian espionage – or is homegrown greed the real enemy feeding the flames? Uncover the truth here ➤   Discuss Every day our journalists discuss the day’s biggest issues with subscribers on our app and on our website. Poppy Coburn, our Acting Deputy Comment Editor, responded to readers yesterday under her piece on the predictability of Gen Z’s newfound love for the extreme. Ruchika Gupta Food for thought – children are not taught resilience. In schools, difficulties they may face are frequently explained away as mental health issues or neurodivergence – it does not do them any favours. In the real world if you continually don’t show up to work you will be sacked. In this country the young have no consequences for bad choices and the Government picks up the pieces and provides.   Poppy Coburn I couldn’t agree more. A recent conversation with a teacher friend of mine culminated in him almost shouting about the insanity of the local authority paying the salary of two full-time staff members who just drive to the houses of truants and ask if they’d like to come in. Of course there’s no enforcement mechanism. What happens when these children graduate? Does anyone seriously expect they’re going to go to work? This soft touch approach will cost us billions. Coming up today Orlando Bird will be answering your questions at 12pm over on the Letters page. At 2pm, Annabel Denham will be in the comments discussing his piece: Britain’s most persecuted group: white men. 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