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 National League in 1949. They competed in the top division of British speedway between 1957 and 1961, before dropping down to the newly formed Provincial League in 1962, which was their final season. Leicester Lions began in 1968, when the team transferred from Long Eaton. They competed in the British League until their closure in 1983, when they lost their home after the stadium was sold. The Lions name was revived in the 2000s, with occasional challenge matches before the team returned to league competition at a new stadium in Beaumont Leys in 2011. Speedway was also staged on an