East Midlands

East Midlands
Admin HQ	Nottingham
Area - Total	4th in England 15,627 km²
Population - Total (2001) - Density	8th in England 4,172,179 267/km²
NUTS 1:	UKF

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. Its main settlements are Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln, Derby, Northampton and Chesterfield. The largest city and the generally recognized "capital" of the East Midlands is Nottingham. North Derbyshire, however, is sometimes more associated with Northern England especially the borough of High Peak which relies on the conurbations of Manchester the North West and Chesterfield which relies on Sheffield.

A looser definition of the East Midlands would include the City of Peterborough, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

A historical basis for such an area exists in the Five Burghs of the Danelaw.

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

Nottingham East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire is situated between the three main cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, and the region is served by Midland Mainline and GNER high-speed trains to London; and by the Cross Country Route (MR) to Birmingham and the South West.. The M1 motorway also serves the three largest conurbations. The proximity of the three cities and their post-war prosperity caused the area to be called The Golden Triangle on Trentside.

The highest point in the region is Kinder Scout, in the Derbyshire Peak District at 636m.

See also - Kingdom of Lindsey and Five Burghs.

Local government

The official region consists of the following subdivisions:

|| rowspan="2" | Derbyshire || 1. Derbyshire || High Peak, Derbyshire Dales
South Derbyshire, Erewash
Amber Valley, North East Derbyshire
Chesterfield, Bolsover

Map	Ceremonial county	Shire county /unitary
2. Derby
Nottinghamshire	3. Nottinghamshire	Rushcliffe, Broxtowe Ashfield, Gedling Newark and Sherwood, Mansfield Bassetlaw
Nottinghamshire	4. Nottingham
5. Lincolnshire		Lincoln, North Kesteven South Kesteven, South Holland Boston, East Lindsey West Lindsey
Leicestershire	6. Leicestershire	Charnwood, Melton Harborough, Oadby and Wigston Blaby, Hinckley and Bosworth North West Leicestershire
Leicestershire	7. Leicester
8. Rutland
9. Northamptonshire		South Northamptonshire, Northampton Daventry, Wellingborough Kettering, Corby East Northamptonshire

MEPs

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 (Conservative Party)
Robert Kilroy Silk (Veritas)
Bill Newton Dunn (Liberal Democrats)
Glenis Willmott (as next person on the Labour Party list following the death of Phillip Whitehead on 31 December 2005)

Local media

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, North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire.
MATV, based in Leicester, which caters to the area's large South Asian population.
BBC Radios Derby, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Northampton, Nottingham and Sheffield. 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), Lincs FM (Lincolnshire and Newark-on-Trent) and Sabras Radio.
Several newspapers, the largest of which include the Derbyshire Times, Nottingham Evening Post, Derby Evening Telegraph, and Leicester Mercury.

External links

Government Office Regions | NUTS 1 Statistical Regions of Europe

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Local government

MEPs

Local media

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