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The Who's return to Leeds was "a night of emotion, raw power and the creeping sense of history being made, again" reported The Guardian.

The concert and unveiling of the blue plaque, marking The Who's 1970 concert, got extensive international coverage from The Times, Observer, New Statesman and New York Times to name but a few, and was reported in Canada, Australia, Greece and even in Taiwan. Highlights of the event appeared on Newsnight, Sky News and BBC Breakfast news, and Andy Kershaw, one of the driving forces behind the concert, took listeners behind the scenes in his BBC Radio 4 programme School of Rock.

As the Telegraph concluded: "The Who are alive, kicking and seriously back in business."
For more about The Who at Leeds visit www.leeds.ac.uk/thewholiveatleeds/

The School of Music's Simon Warner spoke to the Chicago Tribune following the BBC's decision to axe Top of the Pops. "We will no longer have that easy entree into the pop music world," he said. "It's going to be harder for consumers like me - and also young viewers - to know what's going on."

Women working long hours snack, smoke and drink much more coffee than men reported Psychological Sciences lecturer Dr Daryl O'Connor in the Daily Mirror, Sun, Daily Mail and The Times.

Despite the affinity of St George and the English, Medieval Studies' Dr Alan Murray revealed to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Yorkshire Post and Daily Mirror that St George was not only patron saint of England and Portugal, but also a cult figure in Scotland.

Cutting night flights could reduce planes' impact on global warming according to research led by Dr Piers Forster with colleagues from Reading and reported across international media from the Los Angeles Times to BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Dr Forster told The Guardian: "Night flights are twice as bad for the environment. If the government wanted to reduce the likely impact of aviation on climate then it could ensure that more flew during the day." The Daily Telegraph, Independent, Reuters, ABC, New Scientist and Yorkshire Post also covered the story.

Two Leeds inventions were listed in the top 100 world-changing innovations from British universities in the last 50 years. They were the first computerised train schedule, designed by Emeritus Professor Tony Wren from the School of Computing and Professor of Auditory Neuroscience Deborah Withington's "localiser" siren, which uses directional sound, reported the Independent and The Guardian.

Chemical weapons expert Professor Alastair Hay expressed concerns to The Guardian after they found DNA sequences for deadly pathogens, including smallpox, available on the Internet. Following calls for tighter regulation for companies selling DNA, he said: "I think it would first be important to get industry to put its house in order." If that failed, he said there would be a need for legislation.

Common infections may result in Type 1 diabetes in children, according to a study by the Universities of Leeds and Newcastle and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (see page 2). The story was covered by the Yorkshire Post, The Times and Daily Mirror.