Mark Bishop

GET IN!: Fundraising frenzy leads to this Nottingham homeless shelter raising £75k in under a week to secure its future

Tribute act The Smyths are to play The Queen is Dead in its entirety to mark the album’s 40th anniversary with shows in Leicester...

From Five to Bat Sabbath: Download drops a stellar line-up for District X – it’s ‘ultimate playground’ for festival goers

Brits dump doners for drumsticks as Korean fried chicken clucks into Just Eat’s top ten

You can catch The Wonder Stuff on their 40th anniversary UK tour with Inspiral Carpets in Leicester and Lincoln

These villagers want their 800-year-old pub once frequented by Dick Turpin’ to be reopened as they say the brewery has ‘left it to rot’

Melton Mowbray’s Ye Olde Pie Shoppe is now offering their distinctive take on traditional afternoon tea – and it looks bloody delicious

Brewdog in Nottingham has closed with immediate effect

Commuters can now get their Pret hit at Nottingham Station as the coffee chain opens up on Platform 5b

Leicester Get Lucky as Daft Punk’s best tribute band plan to play only East Midlands date of 2026 in city

Lincoln City unveil ambitious plans for major stadium upgrade including fan village and more seating

Download Festival adds A Day To Remember, THE PRIMALS, and Creeper to line-up as second wave of acts announcement drops

Dot to Dot Festival drops second wave of acts for 2026 line up

Put on your stretchy pants and limber up those stomach muscles because it’s time to celebrate British Pie Week with this ‘Very Best of Melton’...

First look inside huge new HMV store opening up in The Derbion with more than 30,000 vinyls, books and blu-rays on offer

Leicester-born comic Marc Burrows is bringing ‘The Britpop Show’ to his home city following Edinburgh Fringe success

Record Store Day 2026: all the East Midlands record shops taking part

GONE – BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Brian Watson

You can now watch box office smash Batman 1989 on a big screen again… and it’s superb score is being supplied by a live...

Awww…bless! This East Midlands train station has been named Britain’s quietest with just 68 passengers a year and 2 trains a day

GONE – BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Tim Beardsley

People are welling up over this awesome new photo mosaic created using 5,000 pictures submitted by music fans of their most memorable moments at...

The full line-up for Beat The Streets 2026 is finally revealed ahead of Nottingham’s fundraising music festival this weekend

A new coffee shop specialising in Brazilian blends opens its doors in Derby next week

East Midlands Railway will soon be blocking access to platforms from Nottingham Station footbridge during weekends

Tabletop fans, get ready for a big board game bonanza at Leicester’s National Space Centre later this month

Tesco revives its 90s retro Value brand in a move that will delight squeezed shoppers across the East Midlands

HUMBLE OPINION: Ranking the Tomb Raider video game adventures of Derby’s most famous female, Lara Croft

Nottingham drinkers raise a glass! Castle Beer Fest is set to pour back into town during 2026 – and tickets are on sale now

All our pastry dreams have now come true with the arrival of Asda’s FOOT-LONG sausage roll – and it’s just hit the shelves in...

HUMBLE OPINION: My five favourite Brian Clough moments – and I think they’re absolutely hilarious

Reach for those hose pipes everyone – the East Midlands drought is OFFICIALLY OVER

Abandoned boat and Mickey Mouse fairground ride among the most bizarre items found abandoned by the side of roads in the East Midlands

Birds Bakery is reviving its iconic trifle for ONE DAY ONLY at their East Midlands stores

HOW DO! You can now listen to the resurrected voice of Richard III at a new exhibition in Leicester— and he speaks with a...

It’s officially game on for Nottingham’s own Monopoly board

The full line-up for TK Maxx Presents Live At Lincoln Castle 2026 is finally here…and you’ll be bowled over

HUMBLE OPINION: The films of Midlands movie maker Shane Meadows – ranked

New law will ban greedy touts from scooping up gig tickets and flogging them on for eye-watering amounts