Four crews were required to bring the blaze in Wethersfield under control, a fire service says.

Four ex-residents describe the accommodation at MDP Wethersfield, in Essex, as "seriously inadequate".

The seven shoebox pups met their mum when she too was abandoned and brought to an RSPCA home.

Scores of asylum seekers are living at the former RAF airfield site near Braintree in Essex.

The Home Office says 70 migrants were taken out of the ex-army base to meet planning conditions.

Cost of four sites will run to £1.2bn and outstrip estimated bill for private rooms, watchdog finds.

The independent chief inspector of borders and immigration has raised concerns with the government.

The base opened as an asylum centre in July and 967 people were sent there in the first five months.