Stuck in the Middle

Nottingham’s Bodega has scooped a national award for championing grassroots music artists

East Midlands Airport runway closure plans announced as major £120m upgrade work continues at pace

Fried chicken fans queue for up to 12 hours to be among the first at Lincoln Popeyes

Lambrini Girls, Fcukers and NewDad join the Dot to Dot Festival bill as 30 first wave acts are announced

This viral food reviewer says he might make a permanent move to Leicester after tasting some of the city’s most popular dishes

Step inside a purrrrfect festive adventure with the UK’s only Mog Christmas trail at Nottingham’s Victoria Centre

Bloodworm, Bored Marsh, Dring and Marvin’s Revenge lead the first wave of acts announced for Nottingham’s charity fundraising festival Beat The Streets

Leicester legend Emile Heskey is backing a new safety app aimed at tackling the growing online and matchday abuse crisis in football

EMR’s new £400m fleet of Aurora trains have FINALLY entered service on Midlands Mainline

Nottingham stars out in force for opening night of new Paper Lace ‘Pilgrimage’ interactive concert experience

A London teenager, 19, has been charged after a video of a man being hit with a trouser belt at a Leicester student block...

90s Britpop legends Gene will be bringing their ‘spectacular’ reunion show to Nottingham’s Rock City in March 2026

Dr John Cooper Clarke announces new book and huge 2026 UK Tour — and it includes Leicester

The UK’s angriest news reporter Jonathan Pie is returning for a brand-new live show and has East Midlands dates in the diary

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Nottingham Forest have paid tribute to a 14-year-old former academy teenager who died after being fatally struck by a train in Notts

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Grand Central Railway’s beloved Santa steam trains are back again this Christmas

Elles Bailey announces Nottingham Rough Trade in-store show to promote new album ‘Can’t Take My Story Away’

Michael Ball is coming to the East Midlands in 2026 with his Glow UK tour and Leicester and Nottingham dates have been announced

German techno icons Scooter have been unveiled as the surprise ‘curveball’ act joining next year’s Download Festival line-up

Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft has been crowned ultimate videogame heroine as the Derby-born adventurer claims two new Guinness world records

CRUMBS! Police arrested this thief who they found enjoying a sandwich in the kitchen of a Nottingham flat that had been broken into and burgled

Nottingham tram fare hike comes into force next week — but you can save a bit of cash by going contactless

A space rock that lit up a Leicestershire village at Christmas sixty years ago is being celebrated at The National Space Centre

The Streets, The Libertines, Reytons and Two Door Cinema Club announced as Y Not Festival headliners

Street on a new Notts housing estate is to be named after a folk story about Danish invaders and pancakes

Nottingham street thief uses ‘bizarre’ dance to distract victim and steal his phone

Want to hear moor? This comedian is visiting Long Eaton to share his hilarious story about swapping a US tour for life on a...

GET YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR: Clubland Live tour is coming to Nottinghamshire in 2026

H&M at Highcross Leicester to celebrate Christmas reopening with free gift cards for first 100 members

Poetry and partying planned as Nottingham festival celebrates 10 years

Youths seen wielding machetes by visitors to Nottingham’s Winter Wonderland

Menus revealed for new Deli and Tapas bar in Groby

Highcross Leicester is serving up a taste of Christmas with its first-ever Festive Food Fayre

Nottingham Council House clock and bells chime again after all 1,195 parts restored

Twycross Zoo’s £25m Global Conservation Centre hits major construction milestone

Derby’s Primark store announces city centre relocation plans with new store in The Derbion set to open in 2027

DOWNLOAD HEADLINERS REVEALED: Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses and Linkin Park to top the bill at Leicestershire festival in 2026

Meet legendary figures in football folklore at Leicester gallery

Anti-social behaviour concerns raised over new pub plan at old Derby furniture store

Record Store Day: Black Friday line-up of releases coming to East Midlands independent record stores

Butlin’s Skegness £1 kids day pass offer in March

Nottingham writer James Graham’s play ‘Punch’ set for Broadway run this Autumn

Splendour act Remember Monday will fly the flag for UK at Eurovision

A tragic list of people missing from across the East Midlands over the years – can you help find them?

Tram travel centre to close in Nottingham – with cash going into increased policing on network

Pub chain goes marmalade mad with new menu at East Midlands venues to mark Paddington in Peru

Derby’s Quad to screen horror classic Final Destination to celebrate iconic film’s 25th anniversary

21-year-old student dies after electric bike crash on University of Nottingham campus

East Midlands Doctor Who fans are ‘delighted’ as the whole of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop archive is made available for the first time