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• Digging for Britain: Leicestershire & Rutland archaeology projects to feature on BBC 

  Date: 9 Jan 2023

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  Projects led by Leicester archaeologists have been showcased on the new series of BBC Two’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain.

• Double distinction for Leicester’s ‘Mr Antarctic Volcano’ in New Year Honours

  Date: 5 Jan 2023

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  University of Leicester volcanologist Professor John Smellie receives Polar Medal for the second time, from second monarch.

• 40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter

  Date: 20 Dec 2022

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  An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in...

• Leicester scientists reveal new insights into the evolution of our solar system

  Date: 19 Dec 2022

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  Scientists in Leicester have been involved in a ground-breaking study of the most primitive building blocks of our solar system.

• University of Leicester cements support of Ukraine through twinning agreement

  Date: 16 Dec 2022

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  Â鶹APP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding twinning it with Kremenchuk Mykhailo Otrohradskyi National University in...

• BLOG: what’s the wider story behind Leicester’s migration history?

  Date: 16 Dec 2022

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  Fifty years ago Leicester welcomed up to 28,000 South Asian UK passport holders from Uganda.

• Santa’s sleigh flies with the power of the Apollo mission rocket

  Date: 16 Dec 2022

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  Santa’s sleigh would require equivalent thrust to that produced by the Saturn V rocket or 150 Boeing 747-400 engines, University of Leicester...

• University of Leicester archaeologists identify ancient Stonehenge gold digging kit

  Date: 16 Dec 2022

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  University of Leicester archaeologists have identified a 4000-year-old gold working tool kit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age...

• Diabetes professor from Leicester presented with CBE

  Date: 15 Dec 2022

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  A GP from Leicester who is recognised as the world’s leading diabetes researcher has been presented with the Commander of the Order of the British...

• Before Highcross: Vote now for research teams that solved Leicester’s shopping centre history mysteries

  Date: 12 Dec 2022

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  Archaeologists who examined the ground beneath Leicester’s shopping mall district are up for a research award – and they need your vote.