The Latest Breaking News from Leicester

Muslim-Hindu tensions have been rising for months, say residents, fuelled by social media and police inaction

On the streets of Leicester, England, groups of young people, mainly Hindus and Muslims, have been facing off. Since August 28, videos have shown groups of masked youths heading into the streets amid rising tensions. Although community leaders have called for calm, many people, including our Observer, fear the violence…

There were clashes in Leicester and Birmingham

Successful multicultural societies are difficult to get right. When people from different communities have mixed together, they have often fought over religious or ethnic differences. Tribal loyalties usually trump any attachment to a universal humanity. Contemporary Britain is far from perfect, but it’s one of the most successful liberal and…

New buildings will 'enhance the facilities available to the research and development sector'

Community leaders fear religious tensions could spread nationwide after huge crowd of masked men filmed outside Hindu temple

Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale has sent a legal notice to Times Now accusing its editor, Rahul Shivshankar, of attributing “utterly false and malicious statements” to him on a show about the Hindu-Muslim tension in Leicester, UK.

In today’s newsletter: Arrests and disinformation stoke fears among people in one of the UK’s most diverse cities that unrest might spread

Hindu and Muslim community leaders in the UK city call for an immediate end to ‘provocation’ after weeks of violence.