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Carnival: 'not always plain sailing'

Leicester's Caribbean Carnival is in it鈥檚 40th year.

The sights, smells and sounds of the Caribbean have taken to Leicester鈥檚 streets come rain or shine to hit the road, as troupes and the public came out in their thousands.

But the road hasn鈥檛 always been smooth - and one of the most controversial changes was when Carnival stopped being free, and started to charge a fee.

麻豆社 Leicester's Kevin Ncube looks at how Carnival has met the challenges it's faced over the years.

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