UK mayor apologises for trouser malfunction

A lord mayor in Britain apologised today after his trousers fell down during a visit to a local library.

Colin Hall, Lord Mayor of Leicester, suffered the mishap on a visit to Southfields library in Leicester yesterday morning.

A spokesman said: “The Lord Mayor of Leicester, Councillor Colin Hall, attended a function at a local library yesterday where he suffered an unfortunate problem with his trousers.

“He was not wearing a belt and the trousers came loose and fell.

“The Lord Mayor has offered his deepest apologies to those attending the event for any offence caused by the accident.”