Council dead bats zombie request

A “concerned citizen” used freedom of information laws to reveal what plans Leicester City Council had to deal with a Dawn of the Dead-style attack.

Amused by the request, the council had to admit no such plans existed. But a council spokeswoman reassured other concerned citizens that while there were no specific plans for a zombie invasion, aspects of its emergency plan might be able to be used in such a situation.

Lynn Wyeth, the council’s head of information governance, said: “We’ve had a few wacky ones before but this one did make us laugh. To you it might seem frivolous and a waste of time, but to different people it actually means something.”