The family of Brian 'Bryn' Rudkin have given loving tributes to a 'special dad and grandad', who was tragically killed in a collision between his motorbike and a car on Sunday 2nd March. 

The incident, which happened on the A606 at Langham, took place when Brian's Piaggo PX motorcycle collided with a black Nissan Terrano. Brian was pronounced dead at the scene and a woman in her 50s, who was a passenger on the motorbike, was taken to hospital and has now been discharged. 

Mr Rudkin's wife gave a moving statement about her husband. She said: "As a family we are heartbroken. We've been together for 40 years married for nearly 37 years. 

"We met though our shared love of scooters. Bryn was a dearly loved husband, father to two boys and grandad to five. He worshipped his children and grandchildren who have been robbed of those special dad and grandad times and future memories. 

"Bryn was my best friend as well as my husband. Over the last year we had been making plans to fulfil some dreams and were looking forward to doing this together. 

"The support we have received from our family, as well as the local and scootering community has been both overwhelming and a comfort to know everyone else knew Bryn as the lovely, kind, compassionate, caring man he was who would drop everything if someone needed help. 

"We are still numb from the shock of having him taken from us so suddenly, we feel robbed of a future together, our lives will never be the same, we have lost a very special man." 

The police are still investigating the incident and ask anyone with information or dashcam footage to contact them by visiting http://leicspolice.link/JH7w2 and quoting incident 208 of 2 March or calling 101.