Loughborough

Created: Monday 8th of February 2010 04:02:07 PM

University of Leicester biologist addresses international supermarket buyers, rose-growers and international environmental groups in Kenya...

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Created: Monday 8th of February 2010 02:02:41 PM

Gene discovery has important implications for the understanding of cancer and age associated diseases...

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Created: Friday 5th of February 2010 03:59:58 PM

Cabinet Office2 February 2010Cabinet considers future of Holmfield schoolA decision on whether to propose the closure of Holmfield Primary School will be taken by the County Council’s Cabinet on February 9th. Cabinet members will decide whether to publish a statutory notice, proposing the closure of Holmfield Primary School, Leicester Forest East, after education inspectors OFSTED raised concerns....

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Created: Friday 5th of February 2010 03:59:50 PM

Community Services2 February 2010Bosworth Battlefield announces Half Term Knight SchoolChildren can travel back in time this half term at The Bosworth Heritage Centre’s very first Knight School with real hands-on training in the arts of knightly combat. They will learn the skills and endurance that were needed to become a real Medieval knight and work through a program of interactive historical learning....

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Created: Friday 5th of February 2010 03:59:41 PM

2 February 2010Schools get creative to cut 'egg-cessive' wasteYoungsters across Leicestershire are urged to put pen to paper and design a poster for a 'cracking' Easter campaign. Leicestershire Waste Partnership will use the picture to front a drive encouraging residents to cut packaging over Easter - this could involve choosing eggs with less wrapping or making gifts at home....

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Centre for Local History hosts W G Hoskins Lecture at the University of Leicester on Saturday 16th May at 2.30pm ... 27 Apr 2009 Anglo Saxon heritage revealed in annual lecture

Community Services 19 May 2009 Chance to find out about Hallaton Treasure The Hallaton Treasure of over 5000 Iron Age and Roman coins was one of the most exciting archaeological finds ever made in Leicestershire. A day conference at the University of Leicester will give everyone the chance to find out more about this exciting find.... 23 May 2009 Chance to find out about Hallaton Treasure

New Leicester research to be presented at inaugural lecture aims to improve safety in air flight procedure... 28 May 2009 Towards More Reliable and Intelligent Air Vehicles

A genetics Professor is to give the annual Frank May Public lecture at the University of Leicester on December 2... 01 Dec 2009 Yeast study linked to understanding fertility

Focus on genetics research in 2009 Frank May Prize Lecture on Wednesday 13th May at University of Leicester... 06 May 2009 Genetics and disease

The rocks of Charnwood Forest are amongst the oldest in England and are famous throughout the world. Visitors to Charnwood Museum on Saturday 19th January will have an opportunity to find out more about these exciting rocks in a special showing of a new DVD that explores the geology of Charnwood.... 15 Jan 2008 The Geology of Charnwood

A select group of Loughboroughs students has helped the Great Britain mens hockey squad secure a spot at this summers Beijing Olympics. Current students Jon Bleby, Alistair McGregor and Barry Middleton and former players Glenn Kirkham and Alastair Wilson were all in action in last nights final as Great Britain denied India a place in the Olympic Games for the first time since 1928. ... 10 Mar 2008 Loughborough Students help seal Britains Olympic hockey spot

A new book that explores the history and culture of minstrelsy in Britain has been published by a Loughborough University expert. Blackface minstrelsy is associated particularly with popular culture in the United States and Britain, and yet despite the continual two-way flow of performers, troupes and companies across the Atlantic, there is little in Britain to match the scholarship of blackface studies in the States.... 12 Mar 2008 Loughborough Author examines Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain

Loughborough graduate Fiona Pennie will make her Olympic debut in Beijing after being named in Team GB s canoe slalom squad. The former sports scholar is one of three canoeists named today by the British Olympic Association and will compete in the Women s Kayak Single.... 22 May 2008 Loughborough Graduate off to Beijing

Blue Plaques and Artwork to Be Unveiled THREE famous names from Charnwoods past are to be honoured with the unveiling of plaques ... ... 01 Nov 2008 Blue Plaques and Artwork to Be Unveiled

Created: Friday 18th of July 2008 11:00:00 AM

A SERIES of free graffiti workshops could help creative youngsters avoid a brush with the law. Charnwood Community Safety Partnership, of which Charnwood Borough Council is a partner, is staging the six-week programme of graffiti workshops in three neighbourhoods to give 11 to 16-year-olds an alternative means of expression rather than daubing slogans and images on buildings throughout the Borough....

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Created: Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 03:31:00 PM

14 motorbikes and mini-motos have been crushed after they were confiscated by police in Loughborough during a crack down on young people who drive dangerously and inconsiderately on roads, parks and public places....

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Created: Tuesday 22nd of July 2008 04:45:00 PM

Radical changes to social care in Leicestershire will be outlined at a meeting next week. The County Council wants to personalise its social care and will update the Cabinet on the plans next Tuesday (29th July)....

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Created: Tuesday 27th of May 2008 03:50:00 PM

Reports are coming in that Loughborough Town Centre was yesterday infiltrated by a giant robot. The robot which some eye witnesses say they saw in Market Place and Market Street at various times yesterday afternoon stood some 8ft tall, was metallic in colour, had blue glowing eyes and spoke in sound bites....

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Created: Friday 4th of April 2008 05:29:00 PM

Helping children to get to school safely is a family affair for two sisters who are urging others to come forward and become a School Crossing Patrol....

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Created: Saturday 30th of January 2010 10:01:23 AM

Adult Social Care Service 25 January 2010Training scheme raises more than. ....

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Created: Saturday 30th of January 2010 09:57:59 AM

Two houses in Leicester burgledOfficers in Loughborough are appealing for witnesses after two student houses were burgled last weekend. The incidents happened within a day of each other and officers believe that there is a possibility that the two are linked....

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Created: Saturday 30th of January 2010 10:00:58 AM

Community Services25 January 2010An English Civil War household at Donington le HeathOn Sunday, January 31st Donington le Heath Manor House will host the Society of the Open Rope in a recreation of an early 17th century household. Donington le Heath Manor House was built in the 13th century, but was updated and remodelled by the Digby Family in around 1620....

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Created: Saturday 30th of January 2010 10:02:41 AM

Community Services28 January 2010Leicestershire Claims Oldest Roman Coin in Britain!What is believed to be the oldest Roman coin ever found in Britain makes its museum debut, 2220 years after it was made. The silver denarius coin is now on display at Harborough Museum, Market Harborough alongside other coins that were excavated with it....

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Created: Thursday 28th of January 2010 11:42:12 AM

Community Services22 January 2010Conference to announce true location of Bosworth BattlefieldA conference to announce the true location of England’s most famous lost battlefield will be held on Saturday 20th February 2010 at County Hall, near Leicester. A panel of leading experts in battlefield archaeology and military history, introduced by Professor Richard Holmes, will discuss the results of the major new archaeological evidence that proves where the battle was fought....

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Created: Friday 18th of July 2008 11:00:00 AM

A SERIES of free graffiti workshops could help creative youngsters avoid a brush with the law. Charnwood Community Safety Partnership, of which Charnwood Borough Council is a partner, is staging the six-week programme of graffiti workshops in three neighbourhoods to give 11 to 16-year-olds an alternative means of expression rather than daubing slogans and images on buildings throughout the Borough....

Read More: Graffiti Workshops in Loughborough and Charnwood

Created: Wednesday 13th of February 2008 07:16:01 PM

Andy Reed MP today announced the giving away of chess sets to schools. The chess sets are available for schools as part of a scheme to provide a quarter of a million chess sets into the school network. Negotiations with manufacturers and distributors means that ten sets and boards can be offered to every school in England. ...

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Created: Tuesday 27th of May 2008 03:50:00 PM

Reports are coming in that Loughborough Town Centre was yesterday infiltrated by a giant robot. The robot which some eye witnesses say they saw in Market Place and Market Street at various times yesterday afternoon stood some 8ft tall, was metallic in colour, had blue glowing eyes and spoke in sound bites....

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Created: Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 03:31:00 PM

14 motorbikes and mini-motos have been crushed after they were confiscated by police in Loughborough during a crack down on young people who drive dangerously and inconsiderately on roads, parks and public places....

Read More: Mini moto campaign in Loughborough is a crushing success.

Created: Tuesday 22nd of July 2008 04:45:00 PM

Radical changes to social care in Leicestershire will be outlined at a meeting next week. The County Council wants to personalise its social care and will update the Cabinet on the plans next Tuesday (29th July)....

Read More: Radical plans to personalise social care in Leicestershire