The Latest Breaking News from Leicester

'I made some mistakes along the way - however, I learned from them and never made them again'

Company also giving staff access to £200,000 hardship fund and free meals at Bexhill and Leicester offices

Since late August, the city of Leicester in England has seen violent confrontations between groups of Hindu and Muslim men. The situation escalated on September 17 when about 200 Hindu men marched through a Muslim-majority area of east Leicester. Wearing masks, hoodies and balaclavas, they chanted “Jai Shri Ram” (meaning…

The actor’s upcoming film, The Lost King, tells a fictionalised version of King Richard III’s remains beneath a Leicester car park in 2012.

Kavi Pujara captures the ‘poetry of homes and street corners’ of Leicester’s Hindu community during more peaceful times

Charges include making threats to kill and possessing an offensive weapon

To the outside observer, the Golden Mile in Leicester appeared to teem with its usual, colourful life this week.

Residents and leaders alike are shell-shocked by the clashes, but many are now asking why no one saw this coming

Muslim-Hindu tensions have been rising for months, say residents, fuelled by social media and police inaction

On the streets of Leicester, England, groups of young people, mainly Hindus and Muslims, have been facing off. Since August 28, videos have shown groups of masked youths heading into the streets amid rising tensions. Although community leaders have called for calm, many people, including our Observer, fear the violence…

Suella Braverman insisted she was focused on how to ‘restore safety and harmony’ to the city after 47 arrests at the weekend.