Local Democracy Reporter

Bradgate Park coffee shop handed near-bottom food hygiene rating bounces back with perfect score

Lincoln pub faces backlash over unauthorised beer garden with residents saying they cheesed off with noise and lost privacy

Food inspectors discover rice on grubby bedsheet during visit to Leicester takeaway

Wigston’s £10.5k sign is back after vandal attack and people are still absolutely fuming

A Derbyshire council got into a three-year beef with an 81-year-old gran and got absolutely humbled

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest’s stadium expansion is approved – and it could add 21,000 seats

People are totally gutted by news that Lincoln’s landmark windmill is to lose its sails

A Roman wall in Lincoln was torn apart overnight – but the court couldn’t prove who did it

A historic pub linked to Dick Turpin is reopening after years of closure

This Leicester bar lost its licence over shocking fire safety failings – now it wants a second chance

Fosse Park is getting even bigger – despite fears for Leicester city centre

New Nottingham face covering rules to start next week

After 10 years of drama, Derby’s fire-ravaged Assembly Rooms are finally getting bulldozed

This hidden Nottinghamshire ferry is believed to be the last of its kind in Britain

One of Britain’s strangest sporting events is facing an unexpected opponent: a housing estate

New independent comedy festival wins backing of Leicester mayor

RIP Wigston: Town temporarily renamed ‘WISTN’ after Hollywood-style sign drama

What’s gone wrong at Lincoln’s Cornhill Market?

Derby’s Market Hall looks better than ever – so why is it so quiet?

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest’s answer to matchday traffic? A £7 park-and-ride

A beloved Derby street may be set for a people-first makeover

Leicester city centre pub Four Four One closes after health inspectors find ‘risk to public health’ due to rat activity and ‘dirty’ kitchen

Booming Derby restaurant set to grow after council gives go-ahead

Dough-nut good enough! Dunkin’ Fosse Park hit with shock hygiene score

Crush risk and terror concerns sink pub’s outdoor bar bid for Nottingham Pride

Lincoln City Football Club’s ProAmpac Stadium could get a new stand to meet rising demand following the club’s promotion

Finally! Derby’s decade‑dead Assembly Rooms is actually getting knocked down after £100m revamp plans get the thumbs up

This social media-famous takeaway in Leicester has been hit with a poor hygiene rating after ‘dirty’ kitchen discovery

Derby’s ‘cash cow’ yellow box camera has made £130k and people are absolutely raging about it

Nottingham has been ignoring its greatest asset for decades – could a River Trent ferry change that?

Leicester pub to close as owner says £2.8m debt write-off ‘not fair’

Leicestershire councillors caught watching England match during council meeting

Derby pub Bess of Hardwick wins 4am licence after landlord says noise complaints ‘don’t make sense’

A colossal new dragon could soon loom over Lincoln Castle

Grab your roadside picnic: The Tour of Britain routes through Lincolnshire have just dropped

MP’s ‘third world’ Skegness rail jibe triggers war of words with EMR

A haunted café with secret rooms is trying to save itself by becoming a museum

Primark move ‘could drain life from city centre’, taxi drivers warn

Lincolnshire just bagged TWO stages of the Tour of Britain and honestly we’re not staying calm

One of Leicester’s oldest churches is hopefully about to get the massive glow up it deserves

This food stall has been ‘removed’ from outside a historic Derby building for harming its appearance

This really ugly abandoned car park in Leicester is finally being boarded up to protect our eyes and keep us safe

Water bus to Forest? Nottingham is ‘floating’ the idea of us taking to the Trent to get round parts of the city – and...

This new club is replacing Revolution de Cuba – and it could be the boost Derby’s nightlife needs right now

Historic Leicestershire pub linked to Dick Turpin saved from ruin as restoration work finally begins after community fight

Awkward! Mayor Claire Ward deletes TikTok after X-rated song slip-up

Derby City Council defends playing Dr Dre at official ceremony after ‘inappropriate’ claims

See inside a former Cold War bunker in Notts where officials would have governed the UK in the event of nuclear war

Plans to demolish Derby’s Assembly Rooms delayed AGAIN after design drama

Leicester restaurant which calls itself ‘best’ in the city used ‘same cutting board for raw and cooked foods’