In Rotherham, anti-immigration rioters smashed the windows of the Holiday Inn Express before starting fires. A chair is launched at police officers outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham (Image: (Danny Lawson/PA))Masked men hurled lengths of wood, chairs and bottles, and sprayed fire extinguishers at officers outside after some 700 people gathered. A similar incident played out at a Holiday Inn hotel in Tamworth into Sunday evening, where reports suggested asylum seekers were also being housed. The former first minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf said the army should be called in to stop “thugs” causing disorder on the streets. Writing in the Daily Express, he called on the Government to “get a grip” by offering police “all available resources”.
