Council 'regrets' 1972 adverts

The advert appeared in the Ugandan press

A council has said it was a mistake to take out adverts 30 years ago urging Asians not to come to Leicester.

In 1972 Uganda's then ruler, Idi Amin, forced its Asian population to leave the country.

Most of the people, who were British passport holders, came to the UK.

In that same year Leicester City Council put out an advert in Ugandan newspapers urging them to stay away from the city.

On Wednesday, the leader of Leicester City Council Ross Wilmot said: "It was clearly a mistake.

"Of course there are people in our society who still have very strong, negative and racist views.

"But I know in Leicester the experience of living in a multi-cultural city has helped educate people to live together in peace and harmony."

About 70,000 Asians of Ugandan origin were expelled by Idi Amin.