Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel mistake Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekers

Reform councillor said he urged activists to stand down ECB checks on young players’ welfareA group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tour.George Madgwick, a Reform councillor called to the hotel to mediate between staff and the assembled crowd, said it was a “massively unfortunate incident”. Continue reading...