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Granada Reports journalist Emma Sweeney sent this report on Friday evening.

Rival groups have protested outside a hotel in Greater Manchester which is housing asylum seekers. Hundreds of people attended the demonstrations outside Cresta Court in Altrincham on Friday evening (August 8).

The opposing groups were separated by a dual carriageway with dozens of police assembled on the central reservation of the A56 Church Street.

The hotel closed last year, with all future bookings moved to alternative hotels in and around Trafford, after the owners of the venue reportedly agreed a deal with Serco.

Since then, the Best Western hotel has been used as accommodation for asylum seekers. People inside the hotel could be seen looking outside their windows as protest

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