Live Leicester updates as city centre street reopens after ‘police incident’

The fast food restaurant in Millstone Lane has reopened this morning. Police have also now left, according to our reporter Tom Mack who is at the scene. We are currently waiting to hear what happened in the street earlier today from Leicestershire Police. This story will be updated as soon as we have more information.

A city council employee who began work at 8:30am said police officers asked her to unlock a rubbish bin so they could search for something. She said: “there were just lots of police cars everywhere and I was asked to unlock one of the bins. The police were looking for something but I don’t know what. They said something had happened at 5:10am but wouldn’t tell me any more than that.”

A member of staff at a business nearby said forensics officers wearing masks and gloves had been photographing the ground outside McDonald’s and had also been into the restaurant. She said: “The road was closed when I got here at 8:45 am and the forensics were just finishing up. The closure caused a lot of traffic problems elsewhere in the city centre. I’ve never seen the whole road closed like this along here.” McDonald’s is still currently closed to customers.

Millstone Lane has now reopened this morning, following an earlier “police incident”. Currently, we have no further details as to what happened in the street.

A man who said he was near the incident at the time told LeicestershireLive someone was “stabbed” at McDonald’s in Millstone Lane. He said: “Market Street McDonald’s has been closed since 5 this morning. There was a fight and someone was stabbed. I was in there when police arrived, I heard a witness telling police what happened.” However, this has not been officially confirmed by Leicestershire Police at this stage. We are waiting to hear back from the force.

Delays have built up on nearby routes as a result of the Millstone Lane closure. There is increased congestion in Southgates and on the A47.

A police cordon has been in place in the area since earlier this morning (Tuesday July 2). McDonald’s in Millstone Lane is currently shut.

Thanks for tuning in this morning. Millstone Lane in Leicester is currently closed between Pocklingtons Walk and Horsefair Street due to a “police incident”. Businesses on the street including McDonald’s are shut as a result. We are waiting to hear from Leicestershire Police as to what has happened on the road. Stay tuned for more updates.