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| Leicester City parade: Clean-up after 240,000 people celebrate | Leicester City parade: Clean-up after 240,000 people celebrate |
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| The clean-up operation is under way in Leicester after about 240,000 people turned out to watch the Premier League champions parade on open-top buses. | The clean-up operation is under way in Leicester after about 240,000 people turned out to watch the Premier League champions parade on open-top buses. |
| The victory parade stopped at Victoria Park and was met with a sea of blue and white - a crowd as big as those witnessed at the Glastonbury festival. | The victory parade stopped at Victoria Park and was met with a sea of blue and white - a crowd as big as those witnessed at the Glastonbury festival. |
| Rock band and Foxes fans Kasabian also performed for the crowd. | Rock band and Foxes fans Kasabian also performed for the crowd. |
| About 1,000 council staff are now clearing the area after one of the biggest ever operations in the city. | About 1,000 council staff are now clearing the area after one of the biggest ever operations in the city. |
| Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater said: "We've made people's lives... it's a good feeling." | Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater said: "We've made people's lives... it's a good feeling." |
| Drinkwater, who has been included in the England squad for the European championships, added: "We've brought the trophy to Leicester where it was never really expected." | Drinkwater, who has been included in the England squad for the European championships, added: "We've brought the trophy to Leicester where it was never really expected." |
| Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri, who has been named manager of the year by the League Managers Association, told thousands of people from the stage: "Keep dreaming, don't wake up." | |
| Supporter Lee Jobber, who is famous for his drumming at the King Power and having a huge Foxes tattoo on his back, said of the event: "If this doesn't pull the city together, nothing will." | Supporter Lee Jobber, who is famous for his drumming at the King Power and having a huge Foxes tattoo on his back, said of the event: "If this doesn't pull the city together, nothing will." |
| Foxes captain Wes Morgan was in awe of the size of the crowd who turned up to celebrate. | Foxes captain Wes Morgan was in awe of the size of the crowd who turned up to celebrate. |
| "We shouldn't be in this position," he said. | "We shouldn't be in this position," he said. |
| "It's unbelievable what we've achieved, no one can take that away from us, we're just trying to let it sink in still." | "It's unbelievable what we've achieved, no one can take that away from us, we're just trying to let it sink in still." |
| The champions were 5,000-1 to win the title at the start of the season. | The champions were 5,000-1 to win the title at the start of the season. |
| But the Foxes overcame any doubters when they were presented with the trophy after their final home game of the season against Everton on 7 May. | But the Foxes overcame any doubters when they were presented with the trophy after their final home game of the season against Everton on 7 May. |