this is a story by our deputy political editor caroline wheeler.ernment is preparing possibly to impose a first local lockdown. there's been a surge in coronavirus cases in leicester. there's been more than 600 places in two weeks, some of them links to food production plants in the city. i think as we move into what boris johnson is calling a new normal, i do think this is going to probably be one of the ways government is going to try and stop any possible outbreaks of infection. basically, we've seen it in other countries. we've seen in china, where they lockdown present particular cities or towns. instead of having a natural lockdown —— national lockdown, the idea is you just lockdown, the idea is you just lockdown leicester. and bring it under control there without having to shut down the rest of the country. i think this looks like this could be where the first attempt to try the strategy and the uk is carried out. it will be interesting to see the results. we know five schools have been closed in leicester because of outbreaks, andi in leice