The Independent emphasizes coverage across reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech while relying on donations to fund reporters and avoid paywalls. Donations support on-the-ground journalism, investigative work and documentaries, and enable reporters to speak to both sides. The Home Office is appealing a decision that temporarily blocks the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping from housing asylum seekers. Mr Justice Eyre granted an interim injunction to Epping Forest District Council preventing accommodation beyond September 12 after protests. The Home Office and Somani Hotels will challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice. The appeals coincide with a trial of a hotel resident accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old and multiple recent demonstrations.
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Last week, Mr Justice Eyre granted an interim injunction to Epping Forest District Council, stopping the hotel's owner, Somani Hotels, from using the Essex hotel to accommodate asylum seekers beyond September 12. The authority asked for an injunction to be granted after the hotel became the focal point of several protests and counter-protests in recent weeks. The Home Office and Somani Hotels will both seek to challenge the ruling at a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London,
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