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Fury as market town 'invaded by 300 Leicester revellers defying lockdown for pint'

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A sleepy market town was left looking like a "war zone" with "carnage" outside pubs as locals claimed it was invaded by hundreds of revellers defying the Leicester lockdown.

Police slapped an urgent dispersal order on quaint Market Harborough, Leics, when booze-fuelled disorder erupted on Saturday night after England's pubs were allowed to reopen for the first time since March.

Fights broke out and there was other trouble in the small town - just 12 miles outside the Leicester quarantine boundary - which had already feared being overrun by out-of-town drinkers as the coronavirus lockdown was eased.

Leicester Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby sparked fury after claiming that Leicester pub fans in search of a pint “could drive to Market Harborough”.

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