Zombies invade Leicester (don't worry, not really)

Read lifestyle news as you browse for Halloween fancy dress with Escapade Anyone heading in to Leicester on Saturday (June 18th 2011) may have been forgiven for thinking they were on the set of an apocalypse movie. It all started when a 'concerned citizen' - who had obviously been watching The Walking Dead and thinking it was a documentary - wrote to the council to ask if the city would be prepared for an attack by the undead. Leicester City Council's Lynn Wyeth kindly wrote back to the unnamed person and admitted the conurbation does not have any contingency plans for this kind of event. James Dixon, 26, got wind of the correspondence and, thinking it was hilarious, decided to make a political point by rounding up all his pals on Twitter and getting them to dress up as zombies. They then went on a "shamble" around the city centre, pressing their face up against office windows and generally startling lots of people. "A few of us are in the pub now - it's been a really good day," said Mr Dixon afterwards. Meanwhile, the original 'concerned citizen' may be holed up in his cellar, stockpiling tins of beans and items with which to bash zombies' brains in...

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