Wikio - Leicester

National Space Centre, Leicester - Nicholas Grimshaw (Not PC)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:41:00 GMT

Glazed with a plastic membrane, allowing huge spans of transparent walling with minimal structural support, this is a museum of science that looks like it could hold a rocket. And it does -- albeit a British rocket. More here on quite an ingenious Science Museum's trail of 'sculptured structures .'

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Northamptonshire fight back at Leicester (The Telegraph)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:27:57 GMT

Northamptonshire (276-3) trail Leicestershire (527) by 251 runsThe prospect of following on receded for Northamptonshire as unbeaten half-centuries from Rob White and David Sales laid new foundations after the loss of two early wickets.

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Northants plod along at Leicester (BBC News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:49:42 GMT

Poor weather and some solid Northants batting ensures their match at Grace Road will head for a draw unless the captains collaborate over a result.

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Explore : Cricket, Other Sports, Series, Will and Grace

Leicester chase unlikely title (Planet Rugby)

Thu, 15 May 2008 08:21:38 GMT

A little over a week ago the bulk of the rugby world had written Leicester's season off, yet one week on and they are preparing for the unlikeliest of Guinness Premiership semi-finals."

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Leicester (Suffolk Punch)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:52:00 GMT

... simultaneously whip out mobile phones and send messages to those who are expecting them in Leicester. Home of Joe Orton! Colin Wilson! Sue Townsend!(?) (The law of diminishing returns perfectly illustrated.) I tried to read "Adrian Mole", on Ruth's recommendation--she saw a similarity between Adrian's bohemian pretensions and mine--but I thought it was a dull, unfunny, obvious, middle-brow...

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Elected mayor to Lord Mayor: show your ‘Indian grace’ (Thaindian News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:46:48 GMT

London, May 15 (IANS) As Britain's first Indian woman Lord Mayor Manjula Sood began her historic job in the city of Leicester Thursday she was told to cultivate “Indian grace.” The advice for her came from Britain's first elected Asian woman mayor. “She will have to do everything gracefully. But there’s no problem there - Indian [...]

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Screening For Diabetes Potentially Cost-Effective For UK (Medical News Today)

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT

A new University of Leicester study reveals that screening people who are at risk of developing diabetes could be a cost-effective health policy and improve the lives of patients.

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Explore : Health, United Kingdom

Foxes let quartet go free (Football.co.uk)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:05:20 GMT

Leicester City have handed four players free transfers and told another two squad members they will not be offered new contracts following the club's relegation to League One. Foxes boss Ian H...

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Corry eager to ride 'lucky' wave (BBC Sport)

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:18:37 GMT

Leicester skipper Martin Corry says Tigers are desperate to make the most of their good fortune when they face Gloucester in the play-offs.

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Three arrested after shots fired (BBC News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:57:55 GMT

Police arrest three men after shots are fired from a car in Leicester.

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Talk on plastics that can replicate nerves, noses and tongues (Nanotechnology News from Nanowerk)

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:41:44 GMT

A type of plastic that exhibits metallic and semi-conductor-like properties will be described in an inaugural doctoral lecture at the University of Leicester on Wednesday June 4, 2008.

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Bears push past Tigers (Sportnetwork)

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:44:14 GMT

CARVELL COVENTRY BEARS handed newly-promoted Bedford Tigers a reality check with a 40-12 win. The Tigers, fresh from posting 100 points against Leicester Phoenix, held out for 15 minutes before substitute Aaron Jarvis crashed through under the posts for the first of eight Bears tries.

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De Montfort University Experts Look at New Technology for Treating Wastewater in Ghana (Business Wire)

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:19:00 GMT

LEICESTER, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Improving sanitation and wastewater treatment in Ghana’s cities and towns is the focus of a week-long event being led by a De

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Overconfident businesspeople most likely to fail in new ventures (Thaindian News)

Wed, 14 May 2008 05:55:07 GMT

Washington, May 14 (ANI): A new research has shown that businesspeople who are overconfident and too sure of their abilities are less savvy entrepreneurs. Research led by the University of Leicester, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, demonstrated that apprentice-style ‘overconfidence’ is cause of too many business start-ups and why many ventures fail in [...]

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Texting BFF More Expensive Than Getting Data From Space Telescope (WayOdd)

Wed, 14 May 2008 02:52:01 GMT

A British space scientist has found that it is much more costly to send a message by cell phone than to transmit data from the Hubble space telescope to Earth. Dr. Nigel Bannister from the University of Leicester in England calculated that one megabyte of SMS texting costs $730.63 to transmit based on U.K. rates. Hubble transmissions cost between $17.27 to $165 per megabyte based on NASA data....

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Hylton Ackerman impresses for Leicestershire (The Telegraph)

Tue, 13 May 2008 23:23:37 GMT

Leicestershire (288-4) v NorthamptonshireHylton Ackerman and Boeta Dippenaar grafted to half-centuries after the home side made a poor start. Neil Hallam reports from Leicester.

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Sex and the City World Premiere (JeremyJacobs.com)

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:52:05 GMT

London, UK Over at “Corporate Presenter“, there are two clips by Leicester Square Television from the World Premiere of Sex and the City. There’s some great footage of the “girls” including the hat which SJP was wearing Bookmark to:

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Explore : London, Sex and Relationships, United Kingdom

Woman's wait for news of friends (BBC News)

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:13:57 GMT

A woman living in Leicester waits for news of friends who may have been affected by the earthquake in China.

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Explore : Artists, China, David Parsons, Electronica, Music

I am quite proud of my navigation skills!! - Leicester, England, United Kingdom (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:30:48 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Leicester, England, United Kingdom Yet again my directions failed me. Or rather, I failed my directions. Either way, they were of no help after the first 8 (of 32) steps. But I was able to make my way to CSer Seb's place, so I was quite proud!! Again, I ended up going an extra 10+ miles.... and perhaps the last 5 steps of the directions...

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NLabs Conference in Leicester June 19 20 (J. LeRoy's Evolving Web)

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:42:59 GMT

I have mentioned this before, but the conference seems to be finalized now. Come think with some excellent people and me in Leicester, UK in June. I'll be talking about practical applications of Social Media and leading a workshop on...

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