Capt M
EMA where on easterlies for most of yesterday-you are right in that the SID track from 09 routes north and west of the city, and no our outbounds do not normally leave CAS unless for WX avoidance etc!
there was a Ryanair B737 in the circuit for a large part of the day though
the aircraft over leicester at night is very likely a freighter routing downwind for 09, coming direct from CLN, and yes that one is outside cas-we do try to hold them high to clear the built up areas and also to ease the conflictions with 09 deps-as for aircraft operating over egbg-well perhaps cottesmore are better placed to answer that! though the amount of transit traffic that routes over/close to egbg at all levels has to be seen/worked to be believed!
if you are that interested/concerned then why not drop ATC a line and come to visit-perhaps a group from egbg?