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Chris Heaton-Harris says a plan he opposed to house asylum seekers in a village hotel has been dropped.

NI secretary Chris Heaton-Harris says the hotel in his constituency is "a dreadful choice".

NI secretary Chris Heaton-Harris says the hotel in his constituency is "a dreadful choice".

The new owner said it hoped to share redevelopment plans "in the near future" - Credit: Polly Hancock All residents have now left the Mary Feilding Guild care home in Highgate.  The final pensioner packed their bags on Thursday (May 6) after the new owner decided to close the home, which has been renamed Highgate House. Highgate Care took over from Mary Feilding Guild in March and immediately announced it was to close the facility, giving 16 residents aged between 85 and 104 until the end of May to move on.   The closure drew widespread criticism including from residents, their families...

Residents outside the Mary Feilding Guild - Credit: Polly Hancock The final residents at Mary Feilding Guild are set to be moved out next week – despite the owner’s claims of “unsafe” levels of Legionella being disputed by health experts.   Highgate Care said it had been advised by Public Health England that the most recent sample scores of bacteria at the home – “over 100” – were “of concern” and that the safe level for a care home is zero.   But Public Health England told this newspaper no samples above 100 have been reported in recent water sample testing at the care ...