''East Midlands Today'' is the BBC's regional television news programme for the
East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Leicestershire, Derbyshire, L ...
.
The programme is broadcast on
BBC One
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from studios at the BBC's East Midlands broadcasting centre in
Nottingham
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Melton Mowbray
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in Leicestershire.
The programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) from Astra 1N on
Freesat
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channel 952 and Sky channel 960. The latest edition of ''BBC East Midlands Today'' is also available to watch on the
BBC iPlayer
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.
History
''BBC East Midlands Today'' was established as an independent programme on 7 January 1991, having previously been a part of '' Midlands Today'', which now solely covers the West Midlands region.
The split arose from criticisms of ''Midlands Today'' as being too centric on West Midlands coverage, although a service of separate opt-out bulletins for the region had been provided during the 1980s.
On 5 February 1996, the show introduced a double-anchored presentation with Quentin Rayner and Kathy Rochford. The programme's newer (generic) 'look', in line with most other BBC regional TV news programmes, was introduced on 16 September 2002, with an update on 6 September 2004. The current titles and graphics were introduced in July 2019.
Coverage area
Parts of the Government-defined East Midlands region may also receive ''BBC Look North'' (from Leeds or Hull), '' Look East'', '' South Today'' or even, towards the
Buxton
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All of Northamptonshire can receive ''East Midlands Today'', but most of this area is covered by ''Look East'' and ''South Today''. Some parts of south and west Leicestershire receive ''Midlands Today'', which covers the West Midlands.
In most of Lincolnshire, BBC regional news is supplied by '' Look North East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire'', broadcast from Hull. ''East Midlands Today'' still covers
South Kesteven
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.
On air
* Short news bulletins every half-hour during ''BBC Breakfast''
* A 15-minute lunchtime bulletin airs at 1:30pm, following the BBC ''News at One''
* A 30-minute main edition of East Midlands Today is broadcast every weeknight between 6.30pm and 7.00pm
* A 5-minute late night bulletin, separately branded as ''East Midlands Tonight'' from 18 March 2019 to 22 January 2021, airs at 10.25pm on weekdays, following the ''BBC News at Ten''
* A 5-minute bulletin on Saturday early evening
* A 5-minute bulletin on Sunday early evening
* A 5-minute bulletin is also broadcast on Sunday nights, following the BBC ''News at Ten''
Presenters
News
* Anne Davies (Lead Anchor) – Lunchtime Bulletin, Tuesday/Wednesday & Main Programme, Monday-Thursday
Weather
* Sara Blizzard
*Rich Davis
* Kaye Forster
* Anna Church
* Gillian Brown (Relief)
*Alexandra Hamilton
*Oly Woodcock (Relief)
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channel &
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History
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* John Hess (Political correspondent until retiring in 2015, briefly returned for coverage on the EU Referendum in 2016)
* Maurice Flynn (ex-weekend presenter 2009–2019)
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Ivan Gaskell
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(now with
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Nina Warhurst
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(now a business presenter on ''
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