Darshna Soni , Communities Editor

Birmingham now has the second highest rate of Covid-19 infection in England, just behind Bolton.

The family of the young man who died in the series of knife attacks in Birmingham city centre on Sunday have described him as “the light of our life”.

Thousands of A-level students have been given lower grades than their teachers predicted.

Ministers have rejected a call by the Children’s Commissioner for routine virus testing for pupils and staff.

Separate households have been banned from meeting each other anywhere indoors after coronavirus cases rose substantially in the last week.

Released from prison with nowhere to go – and at risk of homelessness and coronavirus.

Scientists are being given millions of pounds in government money to investigate why people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are more at risk from coronavirus.

The decision to partially lift Leicester’s lockdown along geographical lines has caused anger among some of the city’s communities.

New measures have been imposed in Blackburn with Darwen, after the area’s public health chief warned it was facing a “rising tide” of coronavirus cases.

Since the early days of the pandemic, doctors from minority ethnic backgrounds have said they were being disproportionately affected by shortages of PPE.

How did the offer of VAT and stamp duty cuts, money off meals and youth employment schemes go down in the new Conservative areas which were former Labour heartlands.

The National Crime Agency has launched an investigation into Leicester’s textile industry over allegations of exploitation

The Leicestershire force has only been given new powers to enforce the measures today, four days after the local lockdown was announced.

Public Health England has published its report which led to Leicester becoming the first city in Britain to face a new lockdown.

We’ve heard from the politicians and public health experts, but what about the people of Leicester who are having to head into another full lockdown?