David Bratton

David is managing editor of SITM with a love of all things pop culture. His main interests include supporting his beloved Mansfield Town FC, telling everyone how great the band Sparks are and obsessing about New Order. He was a journalist in local news before all this and also badly sub edited bits of the Nottingham Post, Derby Telegraph and Leicester Mercury

Pepsi is bringing back this fan-favourite flavour to the East Midlands just in time for Christmas

East Midlanders wanted to take part in next series of BBC’s Race Across the World

Jurassic Park parody Hold On To Your Butts is coming to Leicester’s Curve next month

New African-themed restaurant to open in Nottingham city centre later this year

Ten weeks of free daily unlimited Nottingham tram travel on offer in January sale

Man pleads guilty to murder of 69-year-old at his home in Lincoln

Derbyshire, Leicester and Notts dates announced for The Bowie Show – which promises to be the ‘ultimate voyage into the mind of the rock’n’roll...

Line-up announced for Nottingham’s Beat the Streets festival in 2025 – with total raised for homeless charity by annual event expected to hit £500k

East Midlands Airport will close for six eight-hour periods in early 2025

Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone Lager now pouring in East Midlands pubs – here’s where to get a pint

£75m for councils to repair potholes across East Midlands

Insomnia Cookies reveals plans to open Nottingham City Centre store in the new year – and they will deliver warm, delicious cookies to your...

Synth pop icons The Human League announce headline Derby Summer Sessions show

This stunning replica of Nottingham’s Rough Trade store has been created in Lego to celebrate their ten years of trading in the city

Take That icon Gary Barlow to play three gigs in East Midlands next year

Work on new Travelodge and Starbucks on Skegness seafront ‘on track’ and will open as planned next summer

Leicester’s Curve announces The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for New Year show in 2025

Five arrested on suspicion of murdering taxi driver in Nottingham 30 years ago

Police appeal to public for help in locating wanted Melton Mowbray man

Everyone’s favourite convenience store is packing up shop to hit the road as Netflix hit Kim’s Convenience goes on UK tour – and a...

Nottingham’s Hockley Arts Club has got a mysterious new doorway

ChocFest 2024: Melton Mowbray’s huge chocolate festival returns to the town this month

Doughnotts confirms opening date of their new Notts store – and the first 100 customers will get free doughnuts

Scissor Sisters announce live return with 2025 anniversary tour of first album – and it begins in Nottingham

The Lincoln Imporium opened its doors for the first time today on Steep Hill – and just in time for Halloween

Seven HUGE concerts and events are coming to Motorpoint Arena Nottingham in 2025 and you should book tickets NOW to avoid missing out

Raise a glass and then take it home: East Midlands pubs sell limited-edition pint glasses in support of Poppy Appeal

See Ross, Rachel and the gang like never before in ‘Friends! The Musical Parody’ – which comes to Notts in 2025

Nottingham’s independent coffee roaster 200 Degrees sold to Caffè Nero Group

Leicester’s Highcross reveals heritage-inspired revamp of shopping centre entrances

Man dies after being pulled from River Soar in Leicester city centre

Entrance to footbridge at Nottingham Station to close in bid to clamp down on train fair dodgers

Free bus travel in Leicester every Saturdays for the next six weeks

Cocktail bar Manhatta set to bring a slice of New York to Nottingham when it opens this November

Blossoms set to headline big 2025 summer festival in Derby

Supermarket warning over green-tinged Halloween pumpkins as rain and slugs are blamed for ‘second-worst harvest on record’

‘Immersive’ new Laser Quest venue opens in Leicester

Legendary poet Dr John Cooper Clarke announces HUGE gig in Nottingham next year

Snooze under the stars at the National Space Centre family sleepover

This Nottinghamshire railway station is one of the least-used in Britain – with just 56 passengers a year

These men have been banned from being around dogs in the East Midlands after being caught hare coursing

Popular Leicester pub now repaired and reopened following severe flooding earlier this year

TGI Fridays rescue deal: Nottingham branch saved – but Derby, Leicester and Lincoln restaurants will close

Annie’s Burger Shack in Nottingham abruptly closes for good ten years after first opening

McDonald’s confirms the McRib is returning to menus

Derby’s Bustler Market is being transformed into a weekend winter wonderland teeming with gifts and festive street food

Police continue their search for a woman feared to have entered the River Soar

Couple stole over £850,000 from Leicester’s Curve theatre

Texas and Simple Minds announced headliners at Live at Lincoln Castle in 2025 – with tickets going on sale this Friday

East Midland passengers warned of severe rail disruption on Midland Mainline over Christmas