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Government has given the region £1m to come up with detailed plans aimed at maximising the potential of high-speed rail, with trains coming to a new HS2 station at East Midlands Parkway and going on to Derby, Nottingham and Chesterfield.

The event celebrated the launch of a new partnership with the University of Leicester, as part of the Charnwood Campus NHS and Academia Collaboration platform, that enables closer collaboration between researchers, university led programmes and innovators and entrepreneurs.

A Civic University Agreement, developed by the University of Derby, has been launched in partnership with 15 other organisations from across the city and county.

In a Westminster Hall Debate held yesterday (14 June), Darren Henry, Co-Chair of the Midlands Engine APPG and MP for Broxtowe, highlighted the exceptional potential of the Midlands Engine Hydrogen Technologies Strategy for our region.

A cool box which transforms into a dining table has been created by a Nottingham Trent University student to give picnickers a social hub and to improve food hygiene.

Consumer research conducted by Midlands Engine's Transport arm, Midlands Connect, shows that the 82% of Ashfield or Bolsover residents surveyed would support improvements to upgrade Junction 28 of the M1 in Derbyshire.