The Mayor of Leicester, Sir Peter Soulsby, said the council is not aware of any immediate plans for an isolated lockdown in the city and that suggestions it was set for next week were 'speculative'. Home Secretary Priti Patel acknowledged on the Andrew Marr show this morning that Leicester was on high alert. The Mayor of Leicester, however, hit back against growing claims that a lockdown is imminent. Sir Peter Soulsby told local news website Leicestershire Live yesterday: 'There is no point speculating about going into a localised lockdown. Scientific studies and a report by Public Health England found that black, Asian and minority ethnic people are at a significantly higher risk of dying than white people.

Source: Daily Mail June 28, 2020 07:18 UTC