The LEP plans to develop the advanced-engineering sector, with the help of two new local-enterprise zones.

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He said in the past funding had often tended to be used to support failing companies, but the LEP had chosen to focus on successful high-value manufacturing firms to make sure the local economy would benefit.

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LEP, and run the risk that another high-energy-physics laboratory will nab the Higgs first.

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Most stars also look like that when viewed in infra-red light, but for Zeta Lep the circle is bigger than expected.

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