Council chiefs have launched a new offensive in the battle to close a controversial migrant hotel in Essex.
Epping Forest District Council is seeking to take its case to the Supreme Court as the authority fights to shutdown The Bell Hotel.
The facility, home to dozens of illegal migrants, has been at the centre of a political maelstrom in recent weeks.
Thousands of people have protested at the site, demanding the foreign guests are booted out, while counter-protesters have accused anti-migrant activists of racism.
Violent demonstrations ignited after a migrant at the hotel was accused of sexually assaulting two young girls in Epping just days after arriving in Britain illegally.
