03/05/2016

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:00:07. > :00:09.Leah here live on CBBC with Tuesday's update.

:00:10. > :00:16.Championes, championes, ole, ole, ole!

:00:17. > :00:19.The fairytale comes true for Leicester City as they top

:00:20. > :00:32.And we take a look at how they got there.

:00:33. > :00:35.There's one story that everyone's talking about this morning -

:00:36. > :00:38.Leicester City are Premier League champions.

:00:39. > :00:41.Last night their rivals for the top spot, Tottenham, played Chelsea.

:00:42. > :00:44.They needed to win to stay in the running, and everything

:00:45. > :00:47.looked to be going well until Chelsea came back from 2-0

:00:48. > :00:53.down to end Spurs' dreams of a title win and hand Leicester the crown.

:00:54. > :00:57.Jenny's been taking a look at the reaction.

:00:58. > :01:02.Championes, championes, ole, ole, ole!

:01:03. > :01:07.The night the so-called impossible dream became a reality.

:01:08. > :01:09.Outside their stadium, Leicester fans celebrated their club's

:01:10. > :01:11.first-ever Premier League title win in what's being described

:01:12. > :01:19.For their players, too, who had gathered at striker

:01:20. > :01:21.Jamie Vardy's house, it was the moment they

:01:22. > :01:25.The team who've transformed from the brink of relegation

:01:26. > :01:32.Earlier, they'd all watched nervously as Tottenham tried

:01:33. > :01:37.to keep their title hopes alive, but Chelsea's late equaliser

:01:38. > :01:43.completed one of the most remarkable stories in Premier League history.

:01:44. > :01:47.Barely a year ago, they were bottom of the league.

:01:48. > :01:50.I got a bit emotional at the end of the game,

:01:51. > :01:56.It was quite hard to breathe the last few minutes, to be honest.

:01:57. > :01:58.But I've followed them since I was a little kid,

:01:59. > :02:01.I was a season ticket holder since I was seven years old.

:02:02. > :02:11.A night they and indeed football will never forget.

:02:12. > :02:14.So that's how things looked last night.

:02:15. > :02:18.This morning it's a bit quieter at Leicester's King Power Stadium,

:02:19. > :02:21.but fans are still celebrating and the BBC's Fiona Lamdin is there.

:02:22. > :02:29.Well, the clean-up operation is well under way after

:02:30. > :02:35.As you can see, some fans haven't even been to bed yet.

:02:36. > :02:39.Last night, thousands came here after the game.

:02:40. > :02:43.You couldn't move, there were so many people.

:02:44. > :02:48.I met one family who had got their children out of bed,

:02:49. > :02:51.they were in their dressing gowns and pyjamas, they had come down just

:02:52. > :02:56.Thousands of people celebrating one of the city's greatest moments ever,

:02:57. > :03:07.because this is now Leicester's very own theatre of dreams.

:03:08. > :03:10.Well, Leicester's rise to the top has been called one

:03:11. > :03:12.of the greatest achievements in English sporting history.

:03:13. > :03:14.I've been taking a look back at their season

:03:15. > :03:23.Leicester City are in the Premier League for

:03:24. > :03:32.But after a string of losses, by Christmas 2014, they're

:03:33. > :03:37.bottom of the table, and by March 2015, relegation looms.

:03:38. > :03:41.Until four unexpected wins in April secures survival.

:03:42. > :03:45.Which brings us to the summer of 2015.

:03:46. > :03:47.Fans are shocked as manager Nigel Pearson is sacked,

:03:48. > :03:52.and Claudio Ranieri is hired to take his spot.

:03:53. > :03:54.The 2015/16 season kicks off in August, and Ranieri's team

:03:55. > :04:02.They're unbeaten for the whole first month.

:04:03. > :04:04.Striker Jamie Vardy steals the show in November.

:04:05. > :04:09.He breaks league records by scoring in 11 games in a row.

:04:10. > :04:12.And it's a Merry Christmas day 2015 for Foxes fans,

:04:13. > :04:15.with their team at the top of the league having been bottom

:04:16. > :04:20.2016, the year that Leicester's fairy tale starts to look like it

:04:21. > :04:25.By April, Leicester have qualified for the Champions League

:04:26. > :04:28.for the first time, and only Tottenham offer a real challenge

:04:29. > :04:34.But on May the 2nd, Spurs lose their grip on the title

:04:35. > :05:13.Claudio Ranieri waking up a very happy man this morning, I'm sure!

:05:14. > :05:16.Whichever team you support, we want to hear what you think

:05:17. > :05:19.about the news, so head online and join in the conversation.

:05:20. > :05:20.Perhaps you've got a message for the new champions.

:05:21. > :05:23.And if you're a Leicester fan, we'd love to know how

:05:24. > :05:26.We love hearing from you, so send us your messages,

:05:27. > :05:28.Callum from Manchester has already been in touch online.

:05:29. > :05:46.Ayshah has your 4.20 Newsround this afternoon.

:05:47. > :05:49.But from me and the morning team, well done Leicester.