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The Milton Keynes Labour Party have claimed that fire stations in Milton Keynes are being 'routinely closed' for periods of time due to a lack of available staff.

Milton Keynes has been named as one of sixty-four colleges nationwide which have been chosen to offer the new T-Level, technical qualifications before they’re rolled out across the country.

Part of a nine-storey office block on top of a railway station could be turned into 200 new homes.

A top-rated Milton Keynes restaurant’s alcohol licence has been revoked by a council committee over the alleged employment of illegal workers.

Steven Cummings has been missing since 9th June.

The 18th Milton Keynes Dragon Boat Festival takes place this Sunday 23rd June at Willen Lake, MK15 ODS, with the first race commencing at 11am.

MKFM is sad to report that Milton Keynes radio presenter Helen Legh has passed away following her battle with a brain tumour.

Drivers contributed the princely sum of £14,336,000 to Milton Keynes Council’s coffers last year and now a cabinet councillor will be deciding how to spend the profit.

Buildings up to 16 storeys high for 900 new homes could be built on the increasingly derelict Food Centre in Central Milton Keynes, a report to the council has revealed.

The biggest shopping centre in Milton Keynes has been given permission to expand so it can attract a range of new businesses – including a boutique cinema.

Playing at Milton Keynes Theatre from 17th – 22nd February 2020.

Plans to build nine new council homes on green space in Bletchley have been withdrawn following an outcry by residents.

On 15th June 2019, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association from Milton Keynes organised the 'Football4Peace' event in partnership with UNICEF SoccerAid as part of UNICEF's 'The Great Big Kickabout' campaign.

Thames Valley Police and Milton Keynes Council have launched the Boxing Clever scheme in Milton Keynes.

Milton Keynes Council will host a flag-raising ceremony on Monday 24th June outside the Civic as the city shows its support for the Armed Forces.

Home Care Preferred, a home care provider who have been operating in North London since 2012, has launched its latest branch.

Total of 200,000 calls about wildlife in 2018 - 33,500 in the South East alone.

Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance 15 June – 22 September 2019.

On Wednesday 11th September, Reverend Richard Coles will join Action4Youth and more than 1,000 local young people and their families.

There has been a 50 per cent increase in flytipping across Milton Keynes – to more than 6,160 incidents each year – and some councillors believe changes to access rules at the authority’s own public tips may be partly responsible.

A man has been sentenced to prison for more than two years after being convicted of robbery in Milton Keynes.

The producers of Dolly Parton’s 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL announced today that Louise Redknapp will play ‘Violet Newstead’, Amber Davies ‘Judy Bernly’ and Brian Conley ‘Franklin Hart’ when the smash hit musical plays Milton Keynes Theatre in September 2019.

A Milton Keynes private hire driver has been successfully prosecuted at MK Magistrates’ Court for illegally plying for hire (blagging).

After months of planning, McDonald’s in Milton Keynes have announced more information on their biggest litter picking ever 24-hour litter pick taking place on Wednesday 24th July!

Acorn Early Years Foundation has been named by parents as one of the Top 20 nursery groups in the UK. It has seven nurseries in Milton Keynes with the other four in Northamptonshire.

As part of Central Bedfordshire Council's project to upgrade the A421 road, the project manager has been out donating tree saplings to the local community.

Local woman aiming to make 100 care packages for Refugee Women.

For 10 years a unique charity has used horses to transform the lives of children struggling with mental health problems.

Operation Herbody, at MK Gallery's Sky Room on July 4th is their first collaborative show. Expect a candid, funny live art experience, with real-life stories, ritual, film and motion-sensing music technology.

Nurseries by Gymfinity Kids Launches in Milton Keynes Nurseries by Gymfinity Kids will officially open its doors in Milton Keynes this June 2019.

Denbigh students extended the hand of friendship to Swedish pupils who visited the School as part of an exciting new international link aimed at giving young people a wider global perspective of the world they live in.

A Luton man has been sent to prison for 12 weeks and disqualified from keeping all animals for a period of 20 years following a prosecution by the RSPCA and Trading Standards.

Officials from the Home Office and Thames Valley Police have asked a council committee to revoke the licence of a top rated Milton Keynes restaurant over the alleged employment of illegal workers.

But Peter Marland says the local Tory leader has a 'Trump-like need for attention' in his search for a headline.

Can’t decide what to get the special men in your life for Father’s Day? Well look no further, because Aqua Parcs is here to give them the kind of fun, thrills and excitement they thought was just for kids!

Irresponsible owners of dogs are set to see the council add more bite to their bark with the introduction of new beefed up anti fouling rules.

Milton Keynes Council wants to step on the accelerator over plans to build 5,000 new homes in the next big expansion of the city.

More and more people are making the switch to MKFM following changes to local programming.

BSH Home Appliances, based in Wolverton, is helping Willen Hospice raise funds by recycling used coffee pods.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Milton Keynes hosted an Eid dinner on Saturday 8th of June at Herons Lodge Guide Centre in Milton Keynes.

Last year, 1Life invested more than £180,000 to launch a brand-new health and wellbeing studio in Milton Keynes.

Research shows that British children are among the least active in the world, with fitness levels on a downward trajectory.

Following an investigation by Thames Valley Police, a step-father and mother have been jailed in connection with the abuse of their daughter in Milton Keynes.

The National Citizen Service is open to all teenagers aged 15-17 to discover who they are and what they can do.

​​​​​​​Willen Lake, Milton Keynes’ most popular park has successfully secured planning permission for its next phase of improvements.

Mykenlande Dorasin, better known as Mickey, has been named Milton Keynes College Student of the Year for 2019.

MK College CEO & Group Principal, Dr Julie Mills, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for helping to establish greater links between education and business.

Just three words: ‘fab-u-lous’! Strictly’s meanest judge, Craig Revel Horwood, sashays into Milton Keynes Theatre on a wave of terrific reviews for his performance as the gin-sozzled, tyrannical Miss Hannigan in the smash-hit revival of ANNIE.

An eight year old girl from Milton Keynes made the brave decision to cut her very long hair to donate to The Little Princess Trust, and to raise money for Willen Hospice.

Following an investigation by Thames Valley Police, a man has been charged with multiple counts of sexual offences.

A charity’s trustees have applied for council consent to install CCTV cameras after two costly break-ins at their much-loved community centre home.

Details of a development of up to 1,800 new homes and new community to be built just outside Milton Keynes have been submitted to the council.

Thames Valley Police is releasing a new appeal for information in relation to missing teenager Leah Croucher from Milton Keynes.

A group of angry residents are still demanding action on drug dealing in their area three months after first petitioning the council.

Council leaders have rejected calls for a halt to development planning in the south east of Milton Keynes despite residents’ claims that they are heading for a disaster.

A council leader has ordered a full independent audit of Milton Keynes recycling supply chains in the wake of a BBC TV documentary which found the authority’s rubbish bags in the Malaysian jungle.

Kevin Coombes will cycle 115 miles to raise funds for and remember those who have served us.

Nominations are now open for this year’s prestigious Women Leaders MK Awards.

An Olney resident has expressed their concern over the 'wrong shade of yellow' being used on newly painted double yellow lines in the town.

Milton Keynes Council’s cabinet has approved a new Empty Homes Strategy to increase the supply of local homes in the town.

CEO Sleepout is challenging bosses from companies across Milton Keynes to take part in the first event to be held in the City.

A Willen Hospice nurse who plans to walk the MK Midnight Moo, is urging local ladies to join her on 13 July to raise vital funds for the Hospice.

The accident took place on Saturday (1/6) afternoon.

Three voluntary organisations from Milton Keynes have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS).

A council’s computer system for keeping track of adult social care cases is so old and outdated that users have to waste time typing some of the same information into a different system.

Furzton Lake in Milton Keynes is currently closed due to police activity in the area.

Leader of Milton Keynes Council, Peter Marland, talked to MKFM today on recent reports of recycling being found abroad.

A training centre for teenage boys has been ordered to stop using “pain-inducing techniques” on children who are serving a custodial sentence or who are remanded to custody by the courts.

Members of the Milton Keynes Singing for the Brain group celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Alzheimer’s Society in the company of the Mayor of Milton Keynes, Councillor Sam Crooks.

​​​​​​​Milton Keynes College have announced the launch of a new skills programme in collaboration with Anglian Water and its twelve alliance partners, providing a fully employer-supported multi-skill construction course.

Conservatives are calling for a full investigation into how Milton Keynes Council recycling bags came to be found in a jungle on the other side of the world.

After much work and research, installation of the brand new top quality third generation all-weather pitch at Stantonbury International Sports and Leisure, part of Stantonbury International School, is now complete.

...from Saturday 7th December at Milton Keynes Theatre.

Mark Lancaster, Conservative MP for Milton Keynes North, recently travelled to the United States ahead of the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

A councillor in Milton Keynes will use £9,500 of council funds in an attempt to tackle speeding traffic concerns in Central Bletchley.

Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following a robbery that took place in Milton Keynes this week.

A two million pound investment in the form of a new community centre is one step closer to being built, following the appointment of a contractor to design and build the new centre.

Milton Keynes Council has launched a ‘Business 2 Business’ engagement pilot to develop supply chain networks between large and small organisations in the city.

A plan to turn a block of offices into 10 flats has been lodged with Milton Keynes Council.

Planners have given permission for another warehouse to be built near homes despite fears that it would be a repeat of the “Blakelands fiasco.”

Willen Hospice is calling on local people to join their band of community volunteers this summer.

McDonald’s McDelivery via Uber Eats is now available in even more restaurants in Milton Keynes, as the service rolls out to the Wolverton restaurant.

The exhibit tells the incredible life story of Jock Campbell

Semi-professional ice hockey club the Milton Keynes Thunder will fold in nine days’ time unless £10,000 can be raised.

Simply Race are delighted to announce that VR (Virtually Reality) has arrived at their Racing Simulator Venue in Stacey Bushes on a permanent basis.

Milton Keynes Council have denied claims that they do not allow CCTV in taxis and have reinforced that they actively encourage it.

Milton Keynes Lightning have announced the signing of American winger Eric Neiley, luring him out of his early retirement.

Milton Keynes Lightning continue to add to their roster with the signing of promising Canadian defenceman Nelson Armstrong.

Head Coach Doug McKay has secured another promising player for the Milton Keynes Lightning in the form of American defenceman Clay Anderson.

Milton Keynes Lightning have revealed the designs for the jerseys that Doug McKay’s team will wear in their second Elite League campaign.