Members of the Leeds Metropolitan University triathlon team, where the brothers train, were among those cheering the pair to glory.

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Professor Paul Gately, professor of exercise and obesity at Leeds Metropolitan University, told The Guardian that it was difficult to give "one-size-fits-all" advice.

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Dr Heather Shore, a social history expert at Leeds Metropolitan University, describes the period of the 1830s and 1840s as one in which a great deal of "big society"-type activity was undertaken.

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Harold Goodwin, professor of Responsible Tourism Management at Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK, wrote about his experience in the Cape Town, South Africa township of Khayelitsha, with a tour operator that was well-known in the community.

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Earlier this year, she was made lady mayoress of her home city of Leeds and has also been given an honorary doctorate by Leeds Metropolitan University for her voluntary work.

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