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{{infobox England region |
name = East Midlands|
short_name = East Midlands |
hq = [[Melton Mowbray]][http://www.emra.gov.uk/who-we-are/office-location] |
imagename = image:EnglandEastMidlands.png |
status = [[Regions of England|Region]] |
area_km2= 15,627 |
area_mi2= 6,033 |
area_rank= 4th |
density = 267/km² |
nuts= UKF |
euro= [[East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|East Midlands]] |
population = 4,172,179 (2001) |
population_rank= 8th |
gdp_rank= 6th |
gdp= 15,097 |
assembly = [[East Midlands Regional Assembly|East Midlands]] |
election = not directly elected |
development_agency = [[East Midlands Development Agency|EMDA]] |
url = http://www.emra.gov.uk |
}}
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#English Midlands|Midlands]]. It encompasses the combined area of [[Derbyshire]], [[Leicestershire]], [[Rutland]], [[Northamptonshire|Northampton­shire]], [[Nottinghamshire|Nottingham­shire]] and most of [[Lincolnshire]], although people often speak of the "East Midlands" with only [[Derbyshire]], [[Leicestershire]] and [[Nottinghamshire]] in mind. The point where the three counties meet is known as Trent Lock.
The highest point in the region is [[Kinder Scout]], in the [[Derbyshire]] [[Peak District]] at 2,088 ft (636 m). A looser definition of the East Midlands would include the [[City of Peterborough]] and [[Burton upon Trent]] in [[Staffordshire]].
Financial funding decisions for the East Midlands (usually public construction schemes) are taken at the [[East Midlands Regional Assembly]], based in [[Melton Mowbray]]. It is not an elected chamber, but a [[quango]].
==Population and settlement==
{{See also|East Midlands English}}
Its main settlements are [[Nottingham]], [[Leicester]], [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[Derby, England|Derby]], [[Northampton]], [[Mansfield, England|Mansfield]] and [[Chesterfield, England|Chesterfield]]. [[Leicester]] is officially the largest city in the region, although the largest conurbation is the [[Greater Nottingham|Nottingham Urban Area]].
==Transport links==
===Road===
The [[M1 motorway]] also serves the three largest conurbations. In the east, the [[A1 road|A1]] is an important, often overcrowded route for the east coast ports and is important for supplying much of the UK's agricultural production. The [[A46 road|A46]] since Roman times provided a connection between the south west and north east of the region, although around Newark, it has difficulty coping with capacity. East-west routes by road in the region are essentially single-carriageway roads, with only the dual-carriageway [[A14 road|A14]] skirting the northern part of Northamptonshire.
===Airports===
[[East Midlands Airport]] in [[North West Leicestershire]] is situated between the three main cities of [[Derby, England|Derby]], [[Leicester]] and [[Nottingham]].
===Railway===
Two of the north-south mainline railways serve the region, The [[Midland Main Line]] (operated by [[East Midlands Trains]]) in the west and the [[East Coast Mainline]] (operated by [[National Express East Coast|NXEC]]) in the east. Both companies operate high-speed trains to [[London]]. The main south west-north east [[Cross Country Route (MR)]] (operated by [[Arriva plc]]) run through [[Birmingham]] and Derby. East-west routes are provided by the [[Grantham to Skegness Line|Nottingham]] - [[Skegness]], [[Liverpool]] - [[Norwich]] (through [[Nottingham railway station|Nottingham]]), and [[Birmingham to Peterborough Line|Birmingham]] - [[Stansted Airport]] (through [[Leicester railway station|Leicester]]) routes; these last two routes are the essentially the only east-west routes in the section of England between Sheffield and London, both routes meeting at Peterborough.
==History==
A historical basis for such an area exists in the territory of the [[Corieltauvi]] tribe. When the [[Roman conquest of Britain|Romans]] took control of the region, they made Leicester its capital, then named [[Ratae Corieltauvorum]]. The region also corresponds to the later [[Five Burghs]] of the [[Danelaw]]. The current government office region was created in 1994.
==Local government==
The official [[Regions of England|region]] consists of the following subdivisions:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Map || Ceremonial county || Shire county<br>/unitary || Districts
|-
| rowspan="10" | [[Image:EnglandEastMidlandsNumbered.png]] || rowspan="2" | [[Derbyshire]] || 1. Derbyshire || a.) [[High Peak]], b.) [[Derbyshire Dales]], c.) [[South Derbyshire]], d.) [[Erewash]], e.) [[Amber Valley]], f.) [[North East Derbyshire]], g.) [[Chesterfield]], h.) [[Bolsover (district)|Bolsover]]
|-
| colspan="2" | 2. [[Derby]] U.A.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Nottinghamshire]] || 3. Nottinghamshire || a.) [[Rushcliffe]], b.) [[Broxtowe]], c.) [[Ashfield]], d.) [[Gedling]], e.) [[Newark and Sherwood]], f.) [[Mansfield]], g.) [[Bassetlaw]]
|-
| colspan="2" | 4. [[Nottingham]] U.A.
|-
| [[Lincolnshire]] (part only) <br> || 5. Lincolnshire || a.) [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], b.) [[North Kesteven]], c.) [[South Kesteven]], d.) [[South Holland, England|South Holland]], e.) [[Boston (borough)|Boston]], f.) [[East Lindsey]], g.) [[West Lindsey]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Leicestershire]] || 6. Leicestershire || a.) [[Charnwood (borough)|Charnwood]], b.) [[Melton]], c.) [[Harborough]], d.) [[Oadby and Wigston]], e.) [[Blaby (district)|Blaby]], f.) [[Hinckley and Bosworth]], g.) [[North West Leicestershire]]
|-
| colspan="2" | 7. [[Leicester]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="3" | 8. [[Rutland]]
|-
| colspan="2" | 9. [[Northamptonshire]] || a.) [[South Northamptonshire]], b.) [[Northampton]], c.) [[Daventry (district)|Daventry]], d.) [[Wellingborough (borough)|Wellingborough]], e.) [[Kettering (borough)|Kettering]], f.) [[Corby]], g.) [[East Northamptonshire]]
|-
|}
==MEPs==
{{see|East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)}}
The East Midlands is also a six-member constituency for the [[European Parliament]].
==Economy==
Main employers in the region include [[Weetabix]] at [[Burton Latimer]]. For engineering, there is [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]] in Derby, [[Ruston (engine builder)|Siemens]] in Lincoln, [[Triumph Motorcycles]] in [[Hinckley]], and [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] has a large factory on an old airfield near [[Desford]]. The jet engine was first developed in the region in [[Lutterworth]], and the first practical demonstration of radar was in [[Daventry]]. The north part of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire used to have many [[Coal mining|coal mine]]s, and there are two pits still producing in Nottinghamshire near Mansfield. Now [[Thorntons]] is a big employer at [[Alfreton]], and [[Wilkinson (shop)|Wilkinson]] is at [[Worksop]]. [[Boots Group|Boots]] is based in [[Lenton]] in Nottingham, as well as the head office of [[Games Workshop]], the producers of [[Warhammer]] miniatures. [[Capital One]], the [[Virginia]]-based credit card company, has its UK HQ in Nottingham's city centre next to the [[Nottingham railway station|train station]], and [[Dublin]]-based [[Experian]], one of two UK [[Credit bureau|credit-referencing]] companies, was founded and has a large UK HQ to the south-west of the city, on the [[A453 road|A453]] near the [[River Trent]]. Many footwear companies such as [[Shoe Zone]] and Stead and Simpson, are based in Leicester, as is the clothing company, [[Next (clothing)|Next]], the photographic equipment company [[Jessops]] (both based near each other on the Braunstone Frith estate), and the crisp company [[Walkers]] (owned by [[PepsiCo]]). [[Alliance & Leicester]] is based in [[Narborough, Leicestershire|Narborough]]. [[Carlsberg]] is brewed in Northampton, [[Barclaycard]] is headquartered in the town, and [[Nationwide]] has a large administrative centre at Moulton Park; and the Black Leisure Group (owner of Blacks and [[Millets (retailer)|Millets]]) is based in [[Duston]], to the west of the town. [[East Midlands Trains]] has its head office in Derby. Lincolnshire and Rutland are very agricultural, with much of the UK's [[Arable land|arable]] crops grown in this area. The [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] have many bases in this area too, with the main [[RAF College Cranwell|RAF College]] at [[RAF Cranwell|Cranwell]] near [[Sleaford]]. [[Interflora]] has its UK HQ in Sleaford. [[Skegness]] provides seaside entertainment for many people in the East Midlands with its [[Butlins]] resort. Nottingham is a popular night time destination (often for people outside of the East Midlands). The former [[East Midlands Electricity]] is now owned by [[E.ON UK]] (supply) and [[Central Networks]] (distribution).
==Education==
{{Unreferencedsection|date=September 2007}}
There is a mixture of education across the East Midlands - mostly comprehensive secondary schools, except Lincolnshire has fifteen state grammar schools (as well as some comprehensive schools). For GCSE results, City of Nottingham schools are the worst performing, with Leicester schools a close second. Rutland (the best area for GCSEs) has one of the highest percentages of pupils (Buckinghamshire is the highest) reaching the threshold of five grades A-C (including Maths and English) in England; it is almost twice the percentage value of schools in Leicester, although the highest performing district council area is [[Derbyshire Dales]]. Leicestershire and Lincolnshire also have GCSE results above the UK average. At A level, Lincolnshire performs the best, and with schools in Nottingham, has results above the UK average; Nottingham has much better results at A level than those at GCSE on average. This describes the city quite accurately - it has the largest group of under-achieving school pupils in the East Midlands, but yet has one of the highest achieving groups of school pupils as well, giving a salient socio-economic diversity of almost chasmic proportions.
===Top twenty state schools in the East Midlands (2007 A level results)===
* 1. [[Caistor Grammar School]] (1021)
* 2. [[Bourne Grammar School]]
* 3. [[Queen Elizabeth's High School]]
* 4. [[Northampton School For Boys]]
* 5. [[Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne]]
* 6. [[Kesteven and Sleaford High School]]
* 7. [[Spalding High School (United Kingdom)]]
* 8. [[The Becket School]]
* 9. [[The King's School, Grantham]]
* 10. [[Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle]]
* 11. [[West Bridgford School]]
* 12. [[Skegness Grammar School]]
* 13. [[Bilborough College]]
* 14. [[Highfields School]]
* 15. [[Lady Manners School]]
* 16. [[De Lisle Catholic Science College]]
* 17. [[St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield]]
* 18. [[Boston Grammar School]]
* 19. [[The Priory Lincolnshire School of Science and Technology]]
* 20. [[Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School]] (904)
==Local Media==
===Television===
* The [[BBC East Midlands]] region of [[BBC Television]], based in Nottingham, produces several regional television programmes including the news programme ''[[East Midlands Today]]''. This excludes most of [[Northamptonshire]], north [[Nottinghamshire]] and north [[Derbyshire]]. Most of Lincolnshire is covered by the [[BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire]] region based in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], with its ''[[BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)|Look North]]'' programme. Derbyshire's High Peak is covered by [[BBC North West]] based in [[Manchester]]. [[Northamptonshire]] is part of the [[BBC East]] region based in Norwich and has the [[Look East]] programme. Most of Northamptonshire can receive Central News East, with western parts of the county (Daventry) receiving Central News West, and Southern parts of the county (around Brackley, Towcester and Northampton) receiving Thames Valley Tongight, which used to be the Central south region. ''[[Central Tonight|Central News East]]'' also covered the East Midlands, broadcasting from ''Lenton Lane'' in Nottingham from March [[1984]]. The studios were closed and is now the [[King's Meadow Campus]] of [[Nottingham University]]. These studios had been responsible for [[Family Fortunes]] and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]. Central News East still continues, broadcasting from [[Central Independent Television|ITV Central]]'s Birmingham Studios. Northamptonshire has [[Anglia Television]]'s ''[[Anglia Tonight]]'' programme and the north of [[Lincolnshire]] and Nottinghamshire has [[Yorkshire Television]]'s ''[[Calendar (News)|Calendar]]''.
* [[MATV]], based in [[Leicester]], which caters to the area's large South Asian population.
===Radio===
* BBC Radios [[BBC Radio Derby|Derby]], [[BBC Radio Leicester|Leicester]], [[BBC Radio Lincolnshire|Lincolnshire]], [[BBC Radio Northampton|Northampton]], [[BBC Radio Nottingham|Nottingham]] and [[BBC Radio Sheffield|Sheffield]] (for [[Chesterfield]]). [[BBC Radio Leicester]] was the first local radio station in the [[United Kingdom]].
* Many commercial radio stations: [[Leicester Sound]], [[96 Trent FM|Trent FM]] (Nottingham) [[RAM FM]] (Derby and Burton-on-Trent), [[Heart 106]] (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire), [[Peak FM (North Derbyshire)|Peak FM]] (Chesterfield and North Derbyshire), [[Lincs FM]] (Lincolnshire and Newark-on-Trent), [[Oak 107 FM]] ([[Loughborough]]), [[Fosseway Radio]] ([[Hinckley]]), [[Rutland Radio]], Boundary Sound (Newark), [[Mansfield 103.2 FM]], [[Trax FM]] (Bassetlaw), [[High Peak Radio]] ([[Chapel-en-le-Frith]]), [[Northants 96]], [[Connect 97.2 & 107.4]] (Corby, Kettering & Wellingborough), [[Sabras Radio]], [[Hindu Sanskar Radio]] and [[106.6 Smooth Radio]] (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire).
===Newspapers===
There are several newspapers, the largest of which include:-[[Derby Evening Telegraph]], [[Derbyshire Times]], [[Leicester Mercury]], [[Lincolnshire Echo]], Northampton Chronicle and Echo, and [[Nottingham Evening Post]].
==See also==
* [[List of schools in the East Midlands]]
==External links==
* [http://www.emda.org.uk/main East Midlands Development Agency]
* [http://www.emdir.org East Midland Directory]
* [http://www.emra.gov.uk East Midlands Regional Assembly]
* [http://www.go-em.gov.uk Government Office for the East Midlands]
* [http://www.direct.gov.uk/Dl1/Directories/LocalCouncils/LocalGovernmentByRegion/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4003592&chk=%2BJqZK3 Government's list of councils in the East Midlands]
* [http://www.emnx.com East Midland Network Exchange]
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