‘It’s a sensitive time’: Leicester looks for answers after autumn’s unrest

Images of violent clashes went round the world, and there are fears a crucial inquiry will leave ‘unfinished business’It has been four months since wide unrest broke out on the streets of east Leicester, and although calm has been restored on the streets, a sense of unease remains.“I don’t think we can ever go back to normal,” said the community worker Rukhsana Hussain. “It reminds me of Covid when everyone was talking about the ‘new normal’. I think we’ve got a new normal in Leicester now, because we’ve had quite a significant change in what the community perceives safety to be.”