"I certainly think this is a new dimension, " said Peter Newman of London University's War Studies Institute.

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Prayers for the dead soldiers will be led by the Reverend Peter Newman, the Roman Catholic chaplain to the RMP training school at the city barracks.

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Newman University College in Birmingham will now be Newman University and the vice chancellor Professor Peter Lutzeier said that the quality of the institution had already been established, but the change in title would clarify its status, particularly for overseas students.

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Principal Professor Peter Lutzeier said the institution in Bartley Green would change its name to Newman University.

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