At least ten police officers have been injured with one left unconscious after rioters tried to storm a hotel in Rotherham.
Anti-immigration demonstrators threw planks of wood at officers and sprayed them with fire extinguishers, before smashing hotel windows to gain access to the Holiday Inn Express, South Yorkshire Police said.
A large bin close to a window of the hotel was set alight, causing a fire which was later extinguished.
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