East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the tradional region of the Midlands. Its main cities are Derby, Leicester and Nottingham.

Other towns in the region include Bolsover, Boston, Chesterfield, Corby, Daventry, Kettering, Hinckley, Lincoln, Long Eaton, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Oakham, Mansfield, Matlock, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Newark, Northampton, Rushden, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Uppingham, Wellingborough and Worksop.

It is divided into the following local government areas:

The East Midlands is also a six-member constituency for the European Parliament. Its MEPs are

• Derek Clark (UKIP)
• Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative Party)
• Roger Helmer (Con)
• Robert Kilroy-Silk (Veritas)
• Bill Newton Dunn (Liberal Democrats)
• Phillip Whitehead (Labour Party)

EMDA, the East Midlands Development Agency, holds funds from central government to enable regeneration.

Nottingham East Midlands Airport is situated between the three main cities, and the region is served by Midland Mainline and GNER high-speed trains to London. The M1 motorway also serves the three largest conurbations.

Local media include:

• The East Midlands region of BBC Television, based in Nottingham, which produces several regional television programs, including the news program BBC East Midlands Today. This excludes most of Northamptonshire.
• Midlands Asian Television, based in Leicester, which caters to the area's large South Asian population.
• BBC Radios Derby, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Northampton and Nottingham. BBC Radio Leicester was the first local radio station in the United Kingdom.
• Many commercial radio stations: Leicester Sound, Trent FM (Nottingham) Ram FM (Derby and Burton-on-Trent), Peak FM (Chesterfield and North Derbyshire) and Lincs FM (Lincolnshire and Newark-on-Trent).
• Several newspapers, the largest of which include the Nottingham Evening Post, Derby Evening Telegraph, and Leicester Mercury.

A looser definition of the East Midlands would include the City of Peterborough, Burton-upon-Trent in Staffordshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

External link

• East Midlands Development Agency
• East Midlands Regional Assembly
• Government Office for the East Midlands