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By Community Correspondent Leicester emergency medicine consultant Dr Ffion Davies has been recognised by the University of Leicester with an honorary doctorate for her voluntary work improving patient care around the world. Dr Davies, who graduated in Medicine from the University of Leicester in 1990, received an Honorary Doctorate of
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By Health Correspondent The advice of a Leicester teenager who spent months in hospital is helping to train the next generation of NHS doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals. Lexi Johnson, who was born with a rare immune deficiency, wrote what has become known as Lexi’s Letter after spending long
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By Community Correspondent University of Leicester students have helped bring a forgotten piece of local history back to life after uncovering the inscription on a gravestone that had been unreadable for generations. Taking part in an archaeological field school in the village of Loddington, Leicestershire, the students used specialist digital
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By Health Correspondent As National Cancer Survivors Day takes place on Sunday 7 June, cancer survivors in Leicester are sharing their personal stories as part of a new community film project exploring life after diagnosis. The initiative, Heritage of Hope, has been produced by Leicester-based charity Live Cancer Free
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By Science Correspondent UK scientists and companies, including a team from University of Leicester, are playing a key role in a major international mission launched to improve understanding of how Earth is protected from the Sun. The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission launched aboard a Vega-C
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By Community Correspondent The University of Leicester marked Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday with a day of celebrations including a commemorative tree planting and a large themed cake created by two former Great British Bake Off stars. The University has close historic links with Sir David and his family.
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By Science Correspondent Scientists have developed a faster, lower-cost way to study viruses that could one day help treat infections where antibiotics no longer work. A research team at the University of Leicester has created a new method to analyse bacteriophages — viruses that infect and destroy harmful bacteria — more
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By Sports Correspondent A powerful new exhibition at the “Home of Cricket” is shining a spotlight on the huge influence of British Asian communities on the sport. The many worlds of British Asian Cricket is now open at the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lord’s Cricket Ground. The display
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By Community Correspondent The University of Leicester is inviting the public to celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough at special free screenings of his epic Ocean documentary. The public screenings of the 2025 film, which Sir David has described as one of the most important of his career,
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By Science Correspondent British scientists, including a team from Space Park Leicester, have launched microscopic worms to the International Space Station (ISS) in a groundbreaking experiment aimed at improving understanding of long-duration space travel. The project, led by the University of Exeter and built by the University of Leicester
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By Health Correspondent A pioneering blood test could change the way womb cancer is diagnosed, sparing women invasive checks and painful biopsies. The ECctDNA test, developed by experts at the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, detects fragments of cancer in the blood, offering a quicker
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By Health Correspondent Babies and their families in Leicester’s Hospitals are set to benefit from thousands of pounds worth of new technology and equipment. Neonatal Nurse, Dr Katie Gallagher, The University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust’s (UHL) Clinical Associate Professor in Neonatal Nursing, has
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By Health Correspondent Struggling to sleep? The answer could be as simple as getting more light during the day. Scientists at the University of Leicester have uncovered new evidence showing that light plays a key role in helping the body sleep properly — and it all starts with the eyes. In
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By Community Correspondent The University of Leicester and Leicester City Football Club are offering £5,000 scholarships to encourage school and college leavers in the region’s most deprived areas to pursue higher education. Five Leicester City Football Club Scholarships are up for grabs for home applicants who live in
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By Education Correspondent A patient safety campaigner whose teenage daughter died after mistakes in hospital care has visited medical students in Leicester to see how a unique teaching approach is helping future doctors develop empathy. Merope Mills, who founded the campaign behind Martha’s Rule, met students at the University
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By Science Correspondent Women scientists leading the fight against some of the world’s most dangerous diseases are celebrating a major milestone this International Women's Day. Researchers from across the globe have joined forces through the vaccine research network VALIDATE Network, which has now grown to more than