Leicester lockdown: Schools and shops to open in but pubs stay closed as city continues to battle outbreak

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that schools and shops will reopen but pubs will remain closed in Leicester as the city continues to battle a coronavirus outbreak.

The number of cases of Covid-19 was still well above the national average, he told MPs.

Earlier Leicester's mayor urged ministers to lift the local lockdown in 90% of the city - and warned that another two-week extension would leave residents "very angry indeed''.

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