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• Medieval skeletons discovered at Leicester Castle

  Date: 9 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/medieval-skeletons-discovered-at-leicester-castle

  A team of Leicester archaeologists has uncovered medieval human remains at Leicester Castle.

• Love letter to Leicester Inner Ring Road may sooth the pain of city traffic jams

  Date: 9 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/love-letter-to-leicester-inner-ring-road-may-sooth-the-pain-of-city-traffic-jams

  A video produced by our University has been featured by the Leicester Mercury in an article discussing historical Leicester.

• Study suggests Mobile Scan and Pay Technology could promote supermarket theft

  Date: 2 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-suggests-mobile-scan-and-pay-technology-could-promote-supermarket-theft

  Allowing customers to scan products and pay for them using their own mobile phones or iPads is becoming an increasingly common sight in retail...

• Pope Franciss appeal for Poland to welcome refugees may remain unanswered

  Date: 1 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018pope-francis2019s-appeal-for-poland-to-welcome-refugees-may-remain-unanswered2019

  Pope Francis’s appeal to Polish people to welcome refugees into the country and to embrace EU integration may remain unanswered, according to an...

• Expert opinions cover Airbnb and Rio the Turkish coup Jupiters Great Red Spot the refugee crisis and consumer justice

  Date: 29 Jul 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-airbnb-and-rio-the-turkish-coup-and-jupiters-great-red-spot

  Henrik Melin from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written a Staff Blog discussing the upper atmosphere of Jupiter.

• Monkeys and chimpanzees have created their own archaeological sites dating back hundreds of years

  Date: 22 Jul 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/monkeys-and-chimpanzees-have-created-their-own-archaeological-sites-dating-back-hundreds-of-years

  Capuchin monkeys have created their own archaeological sites in Brazil, complete with nut-cracking tools that date back at least 600-700 years...

• Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered at Rothley

  Date: 21 Jul 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/bronze-age-barrow-and-anglo-saxon-cemetery-discovered-at-rothley

  Leicester archaeologists have recently excavated a Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery under former allotments at Rothley in Leicestershire.

• Leicestershires unusual historical habits revealed

  Date: 20 Jul 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicestershire2019s-unusual-historical-habits-revealed

  From fattening pigs to enjoying a nice slice of crow pie, unusual historical habits in villages throughout Leicestershire have been revealed...

• New play centres on Arch of Remembrance in Leicesters Victoria Park

  Date: 19 Jul 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-play-centres-on-arch-of-remembrance-in-leicester2019s-victoria-park

  A play written, produced and performed by Leicester students will premiere at the Y theatre in Leicester on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 July.

• New cave discoveries shed light on Native and European religious encounters in the Americas

  Date: 18 Jul 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-cave-discoveries-shed-light-on-native-and-european-religious-encounters-in-the-americas

  A project led by archaeologists from the British Museum and our University has discovered remarkable evidence which shows how the first...