UK riots: clashes at Rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers

Masked rioters set bins alight outside the Rotherham hotel while chanting “burn it down”. Protestors gained entry to the Holiday Inn Express after smashing through windows and fire escape doors as the police could only watch on. The group had pushed police back by throwing fencing, metal barriers, stones and bottles. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #uk #rotherham #protest #riot