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January: Beagle 2 lander found on MarsÌý

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February: Employment lecturer authors new report on Leicester's textile sector

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March: Ceremony to mark the departure of the mortal remains of King Richard III from the University

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April: ITV’s ‘Code of a Killer’, about Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys's discovery of DNA fingerprinting, airs

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ÌýMay: New species of ancient 'tongue worm' discovered

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June: Leicester leads report into stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK

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July: Case of memory-loss man 'like nothing we have ever seen before'

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August: 'Sofa generation' causing epidemic of Type 2 diabetes

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ÌýSeptember: Launch of the University's Strategic Plan, our involvement in the HeForShe campaignÌýand Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako of Akishino completing her Master’s degree in Museum Studies

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October: Mapping project reveals 50 years of land use change along the coast

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November: Research to ‘save the most valuable silk moth in the world’ and this year's

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December: Astrophysicist to visit Kazakhstan to watch astronaut Tim Peake make British space exploration historyÌýand Christmas stories including mince pie recipes, Santa cleared for take-off and ice rink on campus.

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