Muddled messaging over Leicester lockdown leaves locals baffled
by Matthew Weaver, Jedidajah Otte and Archie Bland from on (#5574R)
Confusion over city boundaries and a lack of warning marked the return of coronavirus restrictions
By Tuesday morning, the fact that Leicester was facing a new lockdown was clear. The only question was: what, exactly, did that mean?
On a day of confusion in the Midlands city, the council tried to set out the boundaries that would be in place on the outskirts of town, but some residents complained of a lack of communication and a lack of clarity over which side of the all-important red line they lived.
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