Three more people have been arrested in connection with a protest outside a hotel.

The protests, which were met with counter-demonstrations, began following reports the Home Office is planning to use the Hoylake's former Holiday Inn Express as accommodation for men seeking asylum.

Merseyside Police said a 25-year-old man from the Sefton area had been arrested on suspicion of inviting support for a proscribed terrorist organisation.

Now, the police force has confirmed three more people were arrested.

Police said on Sunday, 3 August, a man, 28, from Wirral, was arrested on suspicion of a Section 5 public order offence (displaying threatening or abusive writing or signs).

A 30-year-old man from Wirral was arrested on suspicion of a Section 5 public order offence and possession of an

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