Major clashes have erupted across the UK as anti-migrant protesters storm city streets, with police and counter-demonstrators battling to hold back mobs from Bristol to Horley in Surrey.

StokeonTrentLive has asked Staffordshire Police for an update on the protests being held in both Cannock and Tamworth today. They are taking place just a year after a riot broke out in Hanley.

Britain is bracing for a tense bank holiday weekend as rival demonstrations erupt over the country's asylum system. Initial clashes between protesters and counter-protesters flared outside hotels housing migrants on Friday night, and the unrest is set to intensify with dozens more rallies today.

It comes as Reform UK leader Nigel Farage promised he would unleash "mass deportations" of those in Britain illegally

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