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New Car Park Barrier System at Milton Keynes Hospital


A new entry and exit barrier system, with pay-on-foot parking, is now in place at Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The new system means that parking is free for up to 15 minutes...
Milton keynes Hospital

Missing World War I soldier discovered in Belgium


No-Man's Land Archaeology, a multinational group comprising forensic experts from Cranfield University, unearthed the missing soldier's remains earlier this month...
Cranfield University nr Milton Keynes

New On-Site Police Officer for Milton Keynes Hospital


A new dedicated on-site Police Officer, Gordon Walker, has joined Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The police presence is designed to reassure staff, visitors and patients...
Milton keynes Hospital

Onside for Life' Project


The growing success of the Milton Keynes Dons Sport and Education Trust (SET charity number 1123762) has lead to the development of a new project - 'Onside for Life' this new initiative aims to tackle obesity
Health in Milton Keynes

John Lewis Employee Helps Local Charity


A John Lewis Partner is helping young adults with learning difficulties to gain increased independence and life skills as well as work experience after being seconded to local charity, MK Snap...
Charity In Milton Keynes

Access A Success At Milton Keynes Theatre And Gallery


Milton Keynes Theatre and Gallery held a joint access evening on Tuesday 19th August which was a brilliant success. Theatre and Gallery staff welcomed over 30 people into the Theatre foyer...
Milton Keynes Access Evening

A-Level Results Brings Surge Of Enrolments To UCMK


The release of A-level results has led to a surge of enquiries at the new University Centre for Milton Keynes (UCMK). And with just weeks to go before the grand opening at 200 Silbury Boulevard...
University Centre For Milton Keynes
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MKWeb Named UK's Community Website Of The Year

Milton Keynes Local News - MKWeb team celebrate the awardMKWeb - the city's premier community information portal - has been officially named the UK's Community Website of the Year. The accolade came at a gala awards evening staged to celebrate the best within digital media across the UK and Ireland. The Advertising and Digital Media awards scheme was organised by the Newspaper Society...
Award Winning MKWeb

 

Milton Keynes Gallery Backs Former Exhibiting Artist To Win Turner Prize 2008

Milton Keynes Gallery is once again in the art world limelight as former exhibiting artist Cathy Wilkes goes on show in an installation at the Tate Britain in London as part of the prestigious annual Turner Prize Award. Cathy was nominated for the Prize on the strength of her exhibition at Milton Keynes Gallery...
Milton Keynes Gallery




Millwall 0 MK Dons 4

MK Dons enjoyed a 4-0 victory over Millwall on Saturday at The New Den and ended Millwall's run of five games unbeaten. For great images and to read the match report visit The MK News Website - Dons Tame Lions

Sure Start Childrens Centre

Milton Keynes Local News - Sure Start Childrens CentreThe SureStart Childrens Centre in Conniburrow is now open. It is housed in a new purpose built building. The centre can offer parental and child orientated support including parental support for parents of difficult children
Sure Start, Milton Keynes

Clever Mr Potter Is A Top Student - And Without Any Wizardry!

Milton Keynes Local News - Mark Clay Nicholas Potter and Anneke EdmondsA Milton Keynes College student has put the city on the map by gaining the top score WORLDWIDE in a professional marketing qualification. Nicholas Potter has been studying as a post graduate student with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) for the last year...
Milton Keynes College

University Centre Milton Keynes Opens Its Doors For The First Time

Milton Keynes Local News - The University Centre Milton Keynes The new University Centre Milton Keynes (UCMK) has opened its doors to students for the first time. A large cohort of excited new students arrived at the city's new higher education institution, which is based right in the heart of the business district at 200 Silbury Boulevard...
The University Centre Milton Keynes

City Firm Spices Up World's Biggest Coffee Morning

Over a hundred people tucked into samosa's and other spicy delicacies to help raise vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support as local firm New Citi Construction hosted a coffee morning with a twist...
Citi Construction In Milton Keynes

Jan's Trek Challenge In Aid Of Donkeys

Milton Keynes Local News - Donkey SanctuaryJan Wilmot from Toddington, near Dunstable, has signed up for a charity trek in Spain, in aid of the Sidmouth-based Donkey Sanctuary. She has just over three weeks remaining to prepare for the 57km trek along the Genal Valley in Spain which involves 17 hours of walking over three days...
Charity Trek

Two Of The Most Brilliant And Accomplished Female Minds Of The Twentieth And Twenty-First Centuries Meet At Bletchley Park

On Friday 19 September Dr Fran Allen, the first and only woman ever to win the Association of Computing Machinery's prestigious AM Turing Award, came face to face with Mavis Batey, accomplished World War Two codebreaker...
Bletchley Park

Great New Camera - Pupils Can Vouch For That!

Say cheese! Pupils at St. Andrew's Church of England school have plenty to smile about. Having been saved from closure and undergone major refurbishment, the Victorian village school is now receiving a host of new equipment - including digital hand held video/stills cameras...
St. Andrew's Church Of England School

Wolverton Development Steams Ahead

A historic former railway works in Wolverton, three miles outside Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, which once housed the Royal Train and the building of both locomotives and carriages for the UK's railways, is undergoing a stunning transformation into a 21st Century mixed use community...
Wolverton Park

Good Old Fashioned Customer Service

Surjit Kaur from John Lewis in thecentre:mk has been named as the third monthly winner of thecentre:mk's customer service scheme, the Serious Service awards. Surjit chose a Coca-Cola branded table football as her prize...
thecentre:mk

City Is Blooming Award Winner

Milton Keynes Local News - The Parks TrustMilton Keynes has been awarded the 'Large City' trophy by the Royal Horticultural Society in the annual Thames and Chiltern regional round of the Britain in Bloom competition. Over a hundred gardeners, landscapers and foresters attended the award ceremony in Campbell Park, hosted by The Parks Trust...
The Parks Trust, Milton Keynes

Hundreds SNAP Up A Bargain At SNAP Up Frock

Milton Keynes based charity MK SNAP is celebrating success after the recent SNAP Up a Frock event. Hosted by The Swan at Salford on Saturday 13 September, SNAP Up a Frock witnessed hundreds of bargain hunters hoping to bag designer clothes at a fraction of the high street cost. The event was the fourth SNAP up a Frock and enormous success raising £5000...
MK SNAP

thecentre:mk Celebrates Two New Art Exhibitions

Milton Keynes Local News - Paul Denton: Remember the last time you were here…, pencil on paper, 2008. Image the artistRegional shopping destination, thecentre:mk is celebrating the opening of two new art exhibitions on the 16 September. Milton Keynes Contemporary - WHITEWALL is hosting an exhibition of new work by emerging artist Paul Denton...
thecentre:mk

NHS Proposed Constitution - Have Your Say

Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is urging members of the public to have their say on the new proposed NHS Constitution. Published earlier this summer as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the National Health Service, a proposed constitution sets out for the first time the rights and responsibilities linked to entitlement to NHS care...
Milton Keynes Hospital

Sign Up For Fun Run & Save Lives

Milton Keynes Local News - The British Liver TrustThe British Liver Trust is proud to be a key charity in the Big Fun Run on the 17th of October in Milton Keynes. The Trust is urging people to sign up to race and raise funds to help tackle liver disease...
Charity In Milton Keynes

Bletchley Park Trust Welcomes The Support Of Ibm And Pgp For The National Museum Of Computing At Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park Trust welcomes the latest announcement by The National Museum of Computing, which is situated at Bletchley Park, of its $100,000 donation by data protection expert PGP Corporation and IBM...
Bletchley Park






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