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Dave battles the banks in new musical opening this week in Leicester

Frustrated with the status quo, Dave launches his own bank and reinvests profits back into the community

Police to crack down on ‘dodgy’ high street shops in £30m crime blitz

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Pokémon and National Trust team up for exclusive trading card game and trail this half term at Belton House in Lincolnshire

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Dambusters ‘bouncing bomb’ handed over to RAF in emotional Derbyshire ceremony

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Comedians say they are still owed money after performing at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival

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

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Iceland boss pushes plan to arm shop security amid “shoplifting war”

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Dave battles the banks in new musical opening this week in Leicester

Pokémon and National Trust team up for exclusive trading card game and trail this half term at Belton House in Lincolnshire

Dambusters ‘bouncing bomb’ handed over to RAF in emotional Derbyshire ceremony

A real weiner: Meet the Derby lad who made his fortune in America by inventing the hotdog but never forgot his roots

New Jenno’s coffee house with live music planned for new Leicester estate

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

Buxton Brewery to open new taproom at Bustler Derby’s new St James Yard destination

HEINEKEN splashes almost £4m on revamping these East Midlands pubs – creating 70 new jobs

The Beefy Boys will be opening their Nottingham restaurant in June and your diet will be officially over

Loughborough’s Market Place is turning into a giant buffet next month – and we can’t wait

BEAR is opening in Lincoln and honestly, your brunch plans just levelled up

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Dave battles the banks in new musical opening this week in Leicester

Pokémon and National Trust team up for exclusive trading card game and trail this half term at Belton House in Lincolnshire

Nottingham is getting a massive Pride takeover this summer

Fabulous fun things to do this weekend in the East Midlands (May 8 – 10)

Glitter, chaos and pop perfection: Björn Again will be returning to Derby’s Vaillant Live to do what they do best

Ewe won’t want to miss this – Silence of the Lambs stage play to get world premiere in Leicester before shows in Buxton and...

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Yard Act announce East Midlands gigs as they unveil new album ‘You’re Gonna Need A Little Music’

Glitter, chaos and pop perfection: Björn Again will be returning to Derby’s Vaillant Live to do what they do best

Nottingham’s Rock City goes head-to-head with UK’s biggest venues in Music Week Awards showdown

Stetsons on standby as a genre‑smashing superstar Maren Morris rides into Leicestershire for a UK‑exclusive headline set at Long Road Festival 2026

20 Questions: Nottingham electro-pop artist EMiDORA

The Damned announce ‘Final Damnation 50’ UK tour with Derby date confirmed

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A real weiner: Meet the Derby lad who made his fortune in America by inventing the hotdog but never forgot his roots

20 Questions: Nottingham electro-pop artist EMiDORA

20 Questions: Legendary East Midlands radio and podcast presenter Jo Russell

20 Questions: Laura Dickinson, the artist behind Nottingham indie-folk project Lace Thief

20 Questions: Monika Plaha – East Midlands Today presenter and award-winning reporter

20 Questions: Anne Davies – East Midlands Today presenter

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Puppets, a roller-skating bird and four‑metre‑tall bee: Nottingham’s wildest festival is BACK

New Maid Marian statue set to become Nottingham’s next must‑see landmark

The Spark: Nottingham photographer Neil Slack

The Spark: Leicester art student Cory McLellan

The Spark: Derby digital artist Jessica Dryden

Dave battles the banks in new musical opening this week in Leicester

Police to crack down on ‘dodgy’ high street shops in £30m crime blitz

Pokémon and National Trust team up for exclusive trading card game and trail this half term at Belton House in Lincolnshire

Dambusters ‘bouncing bomb’ handed over to RAF in emotional Derbyshire ceremony

Comedians say they are still owed money after performing at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival

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