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Sold-out true crime themed wine tasting evening returns to Cardiff this Valentine’s Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/wine-and-crime
Read more about the new true crime event hosted by Dr Angela Muir, Director of the Centre for Regional and Local History
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UK researchers join UN led collaboration to measure methane emissions from Nord Stream Pipeline Leak – largest ever leak of methane recorded
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/nord-stream-methane-1-770
University of Leicester scientists at the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) have contributed to a study of methane emissions from the Nord Stream subsea pipeline leaks
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The Marc Fitch House
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/about/marc-fitch-house
The Centre for English Local History is based at the Marc Fitch House. Read more about the Centre's premises and facilities, which includes the Marc Fitch Fund library.
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Having larger muscles could compensate for poor muscle quality in Chronic Kidney Disease patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/having-larger-muscles-could-compensate-for-poor-muscle-quality-in-chronic-kidney-disease-patients
The size of muscles in patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) could be more important to maintaining good physical performance than muscle quality, new research has shown.
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Geneticist roped into abseiling challenge for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/geneticist-roped-into-abseiling-challenge-for-charity
Many people climb new heights for charity, but one of our geneticists will be descending instead, very carefully, down a sheer drop to support his cause.
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Helping hedgehogs project to challenge alarming UK wildlife decline
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/helping-hedgehogs-project-to-challenge-alarming-uk-wildlife-decline
Snuffling hedgehogs visiting gardens throughout the United Kingdom are becoming less common due to declining populations – and an event organised by Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust at the Botanic Garden on Saturday 24 October hopes to challenge this worrying trend.
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Professor Raymond Dalgleish's projects
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/research-degrees/phd-projects/dalgleish
Browse the PhD projects offered for supervision by Professor Raymond Dalgleish in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester.
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Expert comment Leicester Citys decision to sack Claudio Ranieri symbolic of obsession with change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-city2019s-decision-to-sack-claudio-ranieri-symbolic-of-2018obsession-with-change2019
Professor Stephen Wood, from the University of Leicester, has discussed the controversial sacking of Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri in an interview with Ben Jackson on BBC Radio Leicester.
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Team Leicester looking for Varsity victory against DMU
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/team-leicester-looking-for-varsity-victory-against-dmu
Leicester sports teams will once again face sporting rivals De Montfort University in the biggest event in their sporting calendar, Varsity, which kicks off on Thursday 16 March.
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‘Pivotal’ study finds benefits of reduced calorie diet for pregnant women with gestational diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/reduced-calorie-diet-pregnant-women-gestational-diabetes
New research from the University of Leicester has found following a reduced calorie diet during the third trimester of pregnancy is safe and beneficial for pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) of over 25 kg/m2 who have gestational diabetes.