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Radio Leicester,9 mins

'Let's hope I don't get to the same size as him'

Mid-morning on BBC Radio Leicester

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A police officer has followed in the footsteps of one of Leicester's most famous policemen. After more than 100 years, Dan Challis has been given the same collar number, number 83, which was also worn by his great-great-great grandfather, PC John ‘Tubby’ Stephens, so named because he weighed 25 stone. BBC Radio Leicester’s Ben Jackson caught up with Dan to find out how he's been getting on in the force.

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