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Where have all the flowers gone? - How to enjoy Valentine's Day AND help the planet

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

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

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Scientists identify first genetic variant linked to biological ageing in humans

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

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

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Cabinet considers future of Holmfield school

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

Leicestershire,Loughborough

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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Bosworth Battlefield announces Half Term Knight School

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

Leicestershire,Loughborough

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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Schools get creative to cut 'egg-cessive' waste

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

Leicestershire,Loughborough

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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Schools Football and Cricket Celebration Event

Created: Friday 5th of February 2010 03:59:29 PM

Leicestershire,Loughborough

2 February 2010Schools Football and Cricket Celebration EventPhoto Opportunity: A celebration of school sport will take place at County Hall on Tuesday 2nd February 2010 when Roger Wilson, the Chairman of Leicestershire County Council, will welcome young footballers and cricketers to acknowlege their achievements. (Photographers are invited to attend at around 8pm) The Leicestershire Schools Football Association and the Leicestershire Schools Cricket Association are uniting for a joint celebration event organised by Leicester-Shire & Rutland Sport Competitions Board....

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Car damaged as it drives through Mountsorrel

Created: Friday 5th of February 2010 03:58:37 PM

police,constabulary,leicestershire police

Car damaged as it drives through MountsorrelPolice are appealing for witnesses after a brick was thrown at a moving vehicle in Mountsorrel. The incident happened at about 6....

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Loughborough man fined for dropping cigarette end in the street

Created: Friday 5th of February 2010 03:02:09 PM

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A carelessly dropped cigarette end has cost a Loughborough man more than 450 in fines and legal fees. Charnwood Borough Council took action against 52-year-old George Clarke, of Manor Drive, after he was caught littering in the town s Southfield Road last August. ...

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Archaeologist uncovers role of religion in South West woollen industry

Created: Friday 5th of February 2010 03:02:08 PM

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Dr Claire Strachan discusses her findings on Wednesday 10 February in a free public lecture entitled Congregation and Community: Space, Architecture and Identity in the South West woollen industry, c.1760-1850 ....

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Seeing is believing? Words and images after 9/11

Created: Friday 5th of February 2010 03:02:07 PM

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New research at the University of Leicester is set to highlight the importance of reopening debate over the ethics of representation, engaging with critical and creative responses to 9/11, investigating the targeted use of words, images and monuments found in politics, advertising and the media in order to re-sensitise the reader to how reality is constructed....

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Neuroscience at heart of Jorge Luis Borges literature

Created: Friday 5th of February 2010 03:02:06 PM

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Research by a Leicester neuroscientist sheds a new light on the works of the great Argentinean writer...

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A NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR CHARNWOOD AND CAPITA

Created: Wednesday 3rd of February 2010 09:02:17 AM

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Charnwood Borough Council today announces that it has signed a 10-year partnership with Capita Local Government Services for the administration of the Council s benefits and revenues service. The contract is worth 22.5 million and commenced on 1st February 2010. Capita was selected as Charnwood s preferred partner in 2009. ...

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WINTER GALA SUCCESS

Created: Tuesday 2nd of February 2010 10:02:57 PM

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The three day Winter Gala at the Great Central Railway has been declared a great success. The event saw nearly four thousand people head to the Leicestershire Line, hundreds more than for the same event in 2009....

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Student video diaries reveal the true depths of the post-Christmas blues

Created: Tuesday 2nd of February 2010 02:02:49 PM

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A University of Leicester project is providing valuable insights into students experience when adjusting to campus life...

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CONSUMER DIRECT EAST MIDLANDS REVEALS TOP 10 COMPLAINTS IN 2009

Created: Tuesday 2nd of February 2010 12:02:22 PM

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Complaints about second hand cars bought from independent dealers topped the list of complaints recorded by advice service Consumer Direct East Midlands for the fourth year running. ...

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