Police arrest 15 people after violence outside hotel housing asylum seekers

After the far-right demonstration in Knowsley, 13 men and two women were arrested, Merseyside police said

Fifteen people, aged between 13 and 54, have been arrested after violent disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers on Friday night, Merseyside police have said.

A demonstration outside the Suites hotel in Knowsley descended into violence with a police van torched and stones thrown.