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Updates for Thursday 21 April 2016
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Friday
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Weather: Frost-free nightpublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenterRemaining dry this evening and overnight. Cloud will gradually increase and with an easterly breeze it will be a frost free night with lows of 6C (43F).
Latest Leicestershire headlinespublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live- A series of beacons will be lit across Leicestershire this evening in Her Majesty's honour
- Plans for hundreds of new homes and a bypass in Melton could be given the go-ahead later
- Leicester City midfielder Andy King says they one of their strengths in the Premier League title race is their ability to ignore what's being said outside the club
Betham on Tuilagi partnershippublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
BBC Leicester SportCould the secret to Leicester Tigers' recent success be down to the partnership between Peter Betham and Manu Tuilagi?
The pair have started together in each of Tigers last three matches, all of them ending in wins.
Image source, Getty ImagesBetham says they work well together because they're inter-changeable in midfield.
He said: "We're trying to get our combinations right and I think the best thing with myself and Manu is that we can change and vary it up each week so he can distribute, I can ball-crash, or vice-versa.
"The dynamics of our partnership change but it's for the better for our team."
Your comments: Last PG Tips chimp diespublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
FacebookYou've been talking about the death of the last PG Tips chimp, Choppers, on our Facebook , externalpage.
Image source, Twycross ZooMandy Windram says: "Awwww rest in peace Choppers. Happy childhood memories x."
Lesley Field says: "What a shame remember them well."
Bid to bulldoze St Christopher’s Church Hallpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Revised plans to demolish a former church hall, external and build four new homes in Barwell have been submitted.
Burbage woman born hours after the Queenpublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local LiveThe Queen isn't the only one celebrating a big birthday this year...
Lilian Ibotsen from Burbage was born shortly after midnight on 22 April 1926, making her just one day younger than Her Majesty.
Lilian missed out on a commemorative silver spoon for sharing the same birthday as the Queen, but she will be treated as a guest of honour at a local street party this summer.
Travel: Accident on M1 southboundpublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
BBC TravelOne lane closed and very slow traffic on M1 southbound between J21 and J20 because of accident investigation work.
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End of twitter postParade in Wilbarstonpublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Helen McCarthy
BBC Radio Leicester ReporterVillagers in Wilbarston, near Market Harborough, have decorated the village with red, white and blue bunting ahead of this evening's festivities.
I met Sam Perkins, manager of The Fox Inn, as he got the Victorian village drum out of storage ready to lead a parade through the village towards the playing fields where a beacon will be lit tonight.
Choppers was 'mixed up'published at 15:59 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local LiveChoppers didn't live a life like most chimpanzees. She got too used to being around humans and struggled to fit in with her own kind.
Twycross Zoo's chief executive Sharon Redrobe said last year that Choppers was "mixed up" but that in old age she was learning how to be a chimpanzee.
Image source, Getty ImagesShe said: "It's not a good start in life to be treated like a human because they don't learn ape behaviour and are not very good at being with other chimps."
The Queen of Earl Shiltonpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Helen McCarthy
BBC Radio Leicester ReporterA sea of red, white and blue greeted me at Age UK in Earl Shilton where around 100 people from Earl Shilton, Barwell and Hinckley gathered to celebrate the Queens 90th birthday.
There was a cardboard cut out of the Queen, which you can just see photobombing my selfie with Peggy Reed.
Peggy was chosen to be Queen for the day because of her regal attitude!!!
Visitors and staff curtseyed to her and called her ma'am which she took in her stride.
The gold sceptre, cloak and crown were especially made for Peggy who only let her crown slip once during the whole time I was there.
Much-loved chimpanzee was put downpublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local LiveTwycross Zoo wrote on their Facebook page earlier that they were "saddened" to announce the death of Choppers.
She died yesterday, aged 48, after recently became ill with signs of heart and liver failure. The zoo's veterinary team had to put the chimpanzee down.
Image source, Pg tips/unileverThey say she will be sadly missed by all staff at the zoo, as well as her numerous fans.
'Nobody does a street party better than Burbage'published at 15:20 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local LiveStreet parties are also back for the Queen's birthday...
People having one in Leicestershire are being let off paying the usual administration fees. It would normally cost about £400 to close a road.
Image source, Burbage Parish CouncilPat Armstrong in Burbage is one of those organising an event.
He says:"We actually love street parties in Burbage. We say that nobody does a street party better than Burbage Parish Council.
"They've been huge successes in the past and people are always asking 'when we can have the next one?' so we look for any excuse and the Queens 90th was an obvious one."
Marco Pierre White 'backing the blues'published at 15:07 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White says he will cook a celebration meal for Claudio Ranieri and the Leicester City team if they win the Premier League., external
Foxes squad making high-spending managers think twicepublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
BBC Leicester SportA former Leicester City manager thinks Premier League teams will be sending more scouts to non-league clubs following the Foxes' remarkable season.
Leicester's success has come without spending the huge amounts some of their title rivals have.
Image source, Getty ImagesBrian Little says: "We all were absolutely gobsmacked with their form at the end of last season when they stayed up.
"To have carried it on for a whole season since then is magnificent, and to have done it in such a way that makes one or two of the high-flying, big spending clubs just look and think 'crikey what are we doing?'"
RIP Chopperspublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Here's Choppers playing the tea lady in the classic "Mr Shifter" advert, which was broadcast in the 1970s.
Last original PG Tips chimp diespublished at 14:02
Sad news. Choppers the chimpanzee has died at Twycross Zoo.
The last of the original PG Tips chimps, she played the "tea lady" in the classic adverts.
Image source, Twycross/PG TipsYour comments: Dog abandoned in Thurmastonpublished at 13:55
FacebookOn Facebook , externalyou've been commenting on the sad story of a dog abandoned in Thurmaston.
Image source, OtherDavid Hill says: "There are people who are afraid of dogs, but it's dogs who should be afraid of people. There are good people, but far too many disgusting humans, capable of this sort of thing."
Wendy Cartwright Grant says: "I can't stand this, the pain she must of been in, its the saddest thing."
Age UK celebrate Queen turning 90published at 13:34 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local LiveSo, this has been happening in Earl Shilton today...
Age UK put on a "glad rags ball" to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday.
There was a quiz, hat making and a British roast dinner.
A local lady, who is also turning 90 this year, got dressed up as the Queen.
Fan discuss Vardy red cardpublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 21 April 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local LiveLeicester City fans have been on the Victoria Derbyshire show this morning talking about Jamie Vardy's reaction to the referee who send him off last weekend...
