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BBC East Midlands Today is the BBC 's regional Television News programme for the east Midlands region, which is comprised of Derbyshire , Leicestershire , southern Lincolnshire , Nottinghamshire and Rutland (note this is different to the political East Midlands region). It broadcasts on BBC ONE from its studio at the space-age BBC centre in Nottingham , also home to Radio Nottingham , to about 250,000 people. The main transmitter for the programme is Waltham near Melton Mowbray . The format of the programme, which is similar to all other BBC local TV news sharing the same title music, began on 16 September 2002 , with an update on 6 September 2004 . East Midlands Today was established as an independent program in 1991 , having previously been part of the BBC Midlands Today program, which now covers just the West Midlands . The split arose from criticisms of Midlands Today being too Birmingham -centric. Current presenters include Mel Coles, Anne Davies, Dominic Heale, Jo Healey , Carol Hinds, Quentin Rayner , Priya Kaur-Jones and Marie Ashby . Dominic Heale , who studied at Hull University , worked for Central News East directly before 'changing sides' to work for the BBC. Anne Davies has presented since May 2001. Presenters in earlier times were Kathy Rochford and Janet Mayo. The presenters tend not to have strong Nottingham or Derby accents, though some of the weathermen do. The weather was first presented for several years by Jo Wheeler , former presenter on Radio Lincolnshire , who now works on Sky News . Anne Davies read the news on GMTV for eight years, and previously was a presenter on Central News East, which broadcast from Nottingham. She also presents the weekly local Inside Out documentary on Mondays at 7.30pm, as well as helping out on the occasional morning show on Radio Leicester . The weather is presented by former graduate. At the end of the programme, the two presenters select stories of interest from local papers which include the Derby Evening Telegraph , Leicester Mercury or Nottingham Evening Post , usually of an up-beat or Heart -warming nature. EXTERNAL LINKS
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