25/04/2016 Newsround

playing football at the age of five.

playing football at the age of five.

Happy Monday morning to you. Ayshah here, live with Newsround.

Coming up in the next five minutes:

Astronaut Tim Peake in his very own space race.

And the litter helper meeting his sporting heroes.

First - Leicester are one step closer to their dream of winning

the Premier League title after thrashing Swansea 4-0.

They were without top scorer Jamie Vardy, who's suspended.

But that didn't matter, as his replacement Leon Ulloa struck

twice to take them to victory.

Leicester are now eight points clear with just three games left to play.

Another little step, because we know the battle now

is very, very hard.

We need five points more.

And now we have to be focused for the next match.

We have a big heart.

We have a big heart and we are playing for our fans.

Now, the only team who can catch Leicester are Tottenham,

and they take on West Brom tonight.

But one trophy already in the bag for the Foxes

is the PFA Player of the Year.

That's gone to forward Riyad Mahrez, who was crowned last night.

The Algerian is the first African player to win the award,

which is voted for by other professional players.

Manchester City's Izzy Christiansen received the women's prize.

OK, time for a round-up of some other top stories this morning.

Crystal Palace are through to their first

FA Cup final in 26 years.

Connor Wickham sealed the 2-1 victory over Watford.

Next month's showdown against Manchester United at Wembley

will be a repeat of the final back in 1990.

Tim Peake has completed the London Marathon

on the International Space Station.

The astronaut ran 26.2 miles in three hours and 35 minutes,

at the same time as runners on Earth.

He raced on a treadmill while wearing a harness

so he wouldn't float away!

If you live in Scotland, then you could be spending this

at the shops later this year.

Writer and poet Nan Shepherd has been revealed as the face

of the new Royal Bank of Scotland ?5 note.

And this is the design for the new ?10 note,

featuring scientist Mary Somerville.

It comes out next year.

Next, you might not think a bin would lead you to your favourite

sports star, but that's what happened to one

Newcastle footie fan.

When seven-year-old Tyler started helping to pick up litter

after a match, he had no idea he'd end up walking on to the pitch

with his heroes last week.

Martin was there.

Tyler has been a Newcastle fan his whole life.

He's here as a VIP guest of the club, and he's going to be

the mascot who will lead the players out, here at St James's Park.

Ayoze!

How are you doing?

And how he ended up here is pretty remarkable.

A few weeks ago, after a game, police were watching CCTV cameras

to make sure thousands of fans left the ground safely.

And that's when they spotted a boy helping the police tidy up,

here at Strawberry Place.

The police put the video online to find out who it was,

so they could thank him.

It worked, and the club decided to reward him with the chance

to be the mascot here today.

Did you get to meet your favourite player?

Yeah.

Who is your favourite player?

Mitrovic, Cisse, Perez...

And what are you going to do with that, do you think?

I've got it in a frame.

Tell me what's been so good about being here,

from when you normally come to games.

Well, I get to come in here, like, in the manager's seat,

and I get to go in the changing room

and go out on the pitch with the players.

Brilliant.

Now, I want to know about that day that you decided to clean up.

So, me and my dad sat on the wall,

then I decided to help the police.

Just because there was two of them,

and they've got a hard job.

And I don't think rubbish being left outside...

Well, if you drop rubbish, you should put it in the bin.

So, he's had the VIP treatment for the whole day,

it's now time for Tyler to lead the players

out onto the pitch in front of tens of thousands of fans.

Good on you, Tyler.

Finally, there may be have been thousands competing

in the London Marathon yesterday, including Tim Peake,

but across the world, hundreds of people took part

in a very different kind of race in Taiwan in East Asia -

chair racing.

People scoot backwards on office chairs to get to the finish line.

Most races have two people at a time to see who's best at

getting through the streets.

I want to have a go!

That's all from me, I'll be back in half an hour.