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 Package: lhns
 Type: Package
 Title: Skeleton data for neurons associated with the lateral horn of Drosophila melanogaster
-Version: 0.1
+Version: 0.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Alex", "Bates", email = "abates@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk", role = c("aut", "cre"), 
       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1195-0445")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# lhns 0.2
+
+* Version to accompany eLife publication of Dolan et al.,
+  https://doi.org/10.1101/404277
+* Added a `NEWS.md` file to track changes to the package.