Three arrested in 'asylum seeker hotel' protests

THREE people have been arrested following protests outside a hotel thought to be housing asylum seekers.

- By Richard Elias and Rosie Shead

It came after hundreds of pro and anti-immigration demonstrators held rival protests in Falkirk.

The face-off was the second such incident of its kind outside the Cladhan Hotel in recent weeks.

The groups were separated by lines of police officers and metal railings.

Hundreds of protesters descended on the office of local Labour MP Euan Stainbank before moving to the nearby Cladhan Hotel.

Insults were traded between the two parties but there was not any violence.

While no arrests were made at the demonstration outside the MP's office, two were made at the time during the protest, one in relation to an outstanding warrant and the other due to an alleged breach of the peace - who was later released without charge.