University of Leicester a national supercomputer. In September 2012, a ULAS team exhumed the body of King Richard III, discovering it in the former Greyfriars Friary Church in the city of Leicester. As a result of that success Prof King was asked to investigate whether a skeleton found in Jamestown was that of George Yeardley, the 1st colonial governor of Virginia and founder of the Virginia General Assembly. In January 2017, Physics students from the University of Leicester made national news when they revealed their predictions on how long it would take a zombie apocalypse to wipe out humanity. They calculated that it
Speedway in Leicester indoor track at Granby Halls. The first event was the Midland Individual Championship in January 1972, which was won by James Bond. Wilf Plant set up a training track near Melton Mowbray in 1936. Speedway was also staged at the greyhound stadium on Saxby Road in Melton Mowbray in 1949. The Melton Mowbray Motorcycle Club, chaired by Plant, staged several meetings on a cinder track there. Paddy Mills set up a training track in a field in Syston in 1952, running training sessions attended by several riders who went on to represent Leicester Hunters, including Ivor Brown and Bryan Elliott.