BBC One Show presenter Matt Baker and his Children in Need Rickshaw Challenge team will be on the road through Rutland next week.

Supporters will be able to cheer on the pedalling fundraisers on Day 7 of their eight-day cycle challenge.

This year the Rickshaw Challenge has a new route, a new team, and a newly modified rickshaw, travelling 400 miles from Holyhead to London.

On Thursday November 14, the riders - Matt and a team of six young people - will set off from Melton Mowbray, heading along the A606 to Langham before making their way through Oakham town centre and on to Manton.

The rickshaw will then go along the A6003 through Preston to Uppingham on its way to its Day 7 final destination of Bedford.

For every £1 donated by the public this year, The Hunter Foundation (THF) has pledged to give 40p, helping donations go even further in making a difference to young people's lives.

Fans of the challenge, which launched in 2011, will be able to look out for a smart new rickshaw design for 2019. After last year's new custom rickshaw built by a team of engineers at the McLaren Technology Centre, this year McLaren has created an innovative solution that means visually impaired and blind riders can take part in the challenge.

A recumbent guide-trike, which fixes to the front of the Rickshaw, allows steering and braking to be managed by a guide rider while a visually impaired rider pedals from the main rickshaw driving seat.

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