By politics.co.uk staff

Home secretary Theresa May has banned marches in Leicester on the day that the English Defence League had planned to protest.

The right-wing group had planned to march around the city on October 9th and was facing a counter-protest by Unite Against Fascism.

That has now been cast into doubt after Ms May authorised an order imposing a blanket ban on marches in the city this Saturday.

Source: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2010/10/04/may-blocks-leicester-marches