Two new gritters named!

In December, we ran a competition to name Milton Keynes Council's two new gritters.

The two winning names, chosen by you, were Spready Mercury and Tyrannothawrus Rex.

The runners up were Saltry Sally, Spready Salted, Basil Salty, Alan Salturing, Spreadie The Eagle, Freezer May, Gritney Houston and Bar-NaCl Bill.

Keep an eye out for the gritters on the roads of MK over winter!

Local News

Free Employee Bus Service Celebrates 25,000th Journey
Friday 13th might be unlucky for some, but for Network Rail employee, Fatima Baig it was a great start to the day as she stepped onto the My Bus city centre service to a fanfare celebration marking the 25,000th journey taken on the free employee bus.
Big Night Out focuses on ‘Coping with Change’
On 11th September, more than 1,000 young people from Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and the surrounding counties, came together at The Aylesbury Waterside Theatre for Action4Youth’s annual celebration event.
M&S Food brings Milton Keynes community together
To celebrate their 10-year partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support M&S Food stores in Buckinghamshire are hosting activities to raise funds for people living with cancer, including an in-store Wall of Support and fundraising events on 27th September to mark the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.
Saturday Night Fever - Not only Stayin' Alive but getting better and better!
It may be more than 40 years since the cinema release of the John Travolta classic but that hasn’t stopped Bill Kenwright from producing this re-imagined and revitalised stage version of Saturday Night Fever!
MK Care Leaver is an inspiration to young people
Just six years after entering the UK, 18 year old Care Leaver Keren Kassanda has beaten the odds to land a place at prestigious Oxford University and also taken up a position on the Council’s Corporate Parenting Panel to share her experience and support other children in care.
Milton Keynes University Hospital Annual Members’ Meeting 2019
Everyone is invited to the Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Meeting 2019 on Wednesday 18th September at the Academic Centre, located at the hospital.
Believe Group and intu Milton Keynes link up to search for child star in MK
Make Believe, the UK’s leading children’s international performing arts school, is taking its talent-finding platform One Dream to Milton Keynes, in partnership with intu Milton Keynes.
Take part in the first ever Willen Hospice Stretcher Race
Willen Hospice is bringing a different day out to Milton Keynes with their first ever Stretcher Race. Taking place on Saturday 19 October, 1pm, at Emberton Country Park.