Work is due to be complete in Spring 2015 and will protect the Discovery Park site - the former Pfizer site.

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The tour follows the discovery of his remains beneath a car park in Leicester by a team of archaeologists, in August.

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Try Discovery Green, a 12-acre urban park that offers everything from bocce ball courts and outdoor movies to a lake for kayaking and canoeing.

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Big cats recently returned to the headlines following the discovery of two mauled deer carcasses at Woodchester Park in Gloucestershire, which seemed to show evidence of feline predation.

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Also nearby is its water-park sister, Aquatica, and the worlds-away Discovery Cove, where a limited number of guests enjoy a day of lounging on a private beach, swimming with the dolphins and floating along the lazy river through the bird aviary.

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This week, Central Park was abruptly closed, and a free concert postponed, after the discovery there of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus.

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