Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South, has criticised the display that has appeared near the Brook Hotel in Bowthorpe, which is home to asylum seekers and has attracted protests in recent weeks.

Norfolk County Council said it is "not prioritising" the removal of the St George's flag and Union Flag from streetlights in the area, and is instead focusing on "more urgent" highways issues.

Mr Lewis criticised the authority for "looking the other way" and suggested the flags had been displayed by "extremists" who hoped to "mark their territory".

Protesters outside the Brook Hotel in Bowthorpe (Image: Denise Bradley) The flags were first spotted more than a week ago and are hung along........

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