Wethersfield

The former home secretary says in office he was against using MDP Wethersfield as asylum housing.

Two years ago the then-Conservative government decided to house male asylum seekers at MDP Wethersfield.

Three men took the government to court over what they described as "prison-like" conditions.

Cathy Shilling says she will pop the turkey in the oven before heading down to the centre.

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.