Darshna Soni , Communities Editor

Businesses and local officials in Leicester are waiting for an imminent statement tonight on whether there will be a local lockdown.

Leicester could become the first area in the UK to go into a local lockdown after there was an upturn in cases.

Trips to France, Greece, Italy and Spain look on the cards after the Government confirmed it will revise the quarantine measures next week.

Police in some parts of England and Wales were six times more likely to fine black, Asian and ethnic minority people during lockdown than white people, according to new research.

The government has now finally published a review into why BAME communities are disproportionately affected by Covid-19.

The government didn’t want – just yet at least – to publish Professor Kevin Fenton’s report into why Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities are being disproportionately affected by COVID19.

A key contribution by public health expert Professor Kevin Fenton, into why BAME communities were disproportionately affected by Covid-19, was not published by the government.

Her dream was always to be a nurse. But only a year after graduating, Areema Nasreen died from Covid-19.

It’s the first time we’ve heard Professor Fenton speak since he handed his review in to the government over a week ago – and since the government decided not to publish his section of the report.

The Government has abandoned plans for all English primary school children to return to class by the end of the summer

Lord Woolley held a meeting with Downing Street officials today to raise his concerns about the report into the disproportionate coronavirus risk faced by people from BAME backgrounds.

Questions about structural racism and discrimination failed to appear in the government commissioned report on the coronavirus risks to people from black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in England.

Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch said moves were underway to find out why the risks for some ethnic groups were higher than others.

A new report by Public Health England has found that people of black and Asian origin are at a significantly higher risk of dying from Covid-19 than any other ethnic group.

After weeks of lessons at home, the school doors opened again for children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6.