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• Destruction of Old St Pauls Cathedral highlights Great Fire of Londons devastating impact

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/destruction-of-old-st-paul2019s-cathedral-highlights-great-fire-of-londons-devastating-impact

  In 1666 the Great Fire of London burned its way through the city, displacing thousands of residents and destroying many buildings - including Old St Paul’s Cathedral.

• Space Park Leicester and Perpetual Atomics achieve historic first in radioisotope heater unit safety testing

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/space-park-leicester-perpetual-atomics-radioisotope-heater-unit-safety-testing

  Success for University of Leicester and spinout company Perpetual Atomics Ltd as containment system undergoes impact test campaign and a leap forward for deployment of americium radioisotope power systems

• New book The Bones of a King to be published

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/new-book-the-bones-of-a-king-to-be-published

  The team behind the discovery and identification of King Richard III are to publish a new book on 20 March about Richard III entitled 'The Bones of a King: Richard III Rediscovered' that seeks to reveal for the first time the complete story behind the...

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• Actiphage blood test enters human TB trials

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/06-tuberculosis-blood-test-trial

  A new blood test for tuberculosis (TB) could, for the first time, enable screening of patients at an early stage of infection.

• Breaking the ice

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/17/breaking-the-ice/

  Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on September 17, 2013 Welcome to the School of English blog! My hope is that this becomes a way of communicating with each other, with our students, with the wider university and with the outside world about the whole range of...

• Maths students help enhance East Midlands police forces

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/maths-police

  A group of students from the University of Leicester have been helping police with their enquiries – but not in the way you might think. Six undergraduate Mathematics students have teamed up with forces in the East Midlands to enhance policing through efficiency analyses.

• Armed Forces Champion discusses workforce barriers for veterans

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/frazer-stark

  The University of Leicester’s Armed Forces Champion has spoken out about the challenges military veterans face entering the workforce after retirement. Sergeant Frazer Stark served in the British Army at the age of 17-years old in September 2005.

• Winners of short story competition celebrate their success

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/winners-of-short-story-competition-celebrate-their-success

  The winners of the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning Short Story Competition 2015 have been announced. David Marriott took the £300 first prize in the adult writers’ category. Isabella Guzy-Kirkden won the junior competition prize of £100.

• ExoMars landing site revealed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-exomars-update

  The landing site for the ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) mission to search for evidence of life on Mars was chosen earlier this month in a meeting organised by the University of Leicester’s Space Research Centre.