The Flag of the Armed Forces will be raised at Leicester’s Town Hall on Monday (22 June) to mark the start of Armed Forces Week. Leicester’s Lord Mayor, Cllr Kulwinder Singh Johal, will be joined by the Lord-Lieutenant, Mike Kapur OBE, CStJ, for the ceremony at 1.30pm. The flag will be flown until Armed Forces Day on Saturday (27 June), when Leicester will host its annual Armed Forces Day parade. The parade, led by the Pipes and Drums of the Seaforth Highlanders, will be made

Following the incident, armed police officers were observed running into the area. Three people have been arrested after a man was stabbed during a fight in Leicester city centre. The incident happened in Town Hall Square just after 10.45pm on Thursday (May 28). The victim, a man in his 30s, was taken to hospital to be treated for injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing Officers have arrested three people in connection with the stabbing, who all