Does anyone know what's going on in Leicester?

[MrsBennetsPoorNerves]

Reports of trouble in East Leicester. I don't live there but do have an interest in the area. Does anyone local know exactly what's going on? The news reports are pretty vague...

Thank you, Oadby reminds me of Didsbury in Manchester. Then you drive through other parts and it's like driving through Wythenshawe.

Live in Leicester. Leicester Mercury says two arrested after an unplanned protest in Belgrave Road.

Leicester is fabulous for all cultures living together so this is sad news.

your Son will be fine in Oadby. It’s lovely.

We went there for a wedding a few years ago and like any big place you have the better and not so nice places.

Years before that a mate went to uni there and we used to have a lo when out for drinks

Like any place you can get the odd bit of problem

Great work by the police as usual.

Any violence and hatred is excused if done in the name of culture or religion.

Nonsense.

I think part of the problem is with any regional news. If this has been going on for nearly a month now it goes to show how bad things are for information, news and communications within Britain. The grooming gangs issue could be a bit of both problems as well.

The city centre is rough as anything. I used to work off Humberstone gate and there were frequently people dealing drugs openly on the side streets, people off their heads on spice and urinating in the street. It was grim.

Interestingly, it's also not my personal opinion but a fact and got lots of coverage in the media.
For your reference

www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-61991931.amp

It's about time something was done about that Noneofurbusiness. It's been going on for 30 years or more. And the victims still see these monsters who gang raped them, out on their local streets.

Assuming your son is white or black, he certainly won’t be caught up in this trouble. It’s an Asian sectarian thing, and nothing to do with people of other ethnicities or religions.

There is unlikely to be any trouble outside Waitrose in Oadby. 😉

There is unlikely to be any trouble outside Waitrose in Oadby.

Mainly on the basis that there is no Waitrose in Oadby anymore, it's now Lidl.

Also takes the biscuit from bbc, not reporting on it more.

There was a piece on East Midlands Today

It’s just been covered on central news on tv, there was more trouble this afternoon

The British administration oversaw Partition, and it was in their power to stop it happening, and by extension the resulting disaster was their fault, but it certainly wasn’t their idea, and nor was the violence that characterised that period. I’m happy to lay the blame for that squarely at the feet of the Muslim League and Hindu Mahasbha who threw fuel onto preexisting communal resentments.
How much any of that has to do with what’s going on in Leicester I don’t know. As previous posters have said, people with a meaningful stake in society aren’t normally tempted to go out rioting of an evening, but whether the (presumed) alienation is due to poverty or failure to integrate again I don’t know, probably a bit of both.

Why has this post not been deleted? Indians (Hindus) are idiots who believe in statues? Wtf?

There's loads of clips on TikTok about it.

@Sunsea21 I also grew up in Leicester and don't remember anything of the sort. As a PP said. Everyone rubbed along pretty well.

@Toddlerteaplease amazing. It’s almost like different people have different experiences isn’t it 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️