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Man, 46, is arrested on suspicion of murder after woman in her 40s was found dead with ‘significant injuries’ at house in Milton Keynes Tragic woman found dead and injured at address in a leafy suburb of the city Police going house-to-house as they hunt clues and appeal for information Murder suspect remains in custody … Read more
The families of two teenagers have told a court they are ‘serving their own life sentence’ after the 17-year-olds were stabbed to death by a masked gang. Dom Ansah and Ben Gillham-Rice were killed at a house in the Emerson Valley area of Milton Keynes on October 19, 2019. Jason Rice, Ben’s father, told Luton … Read more
Britain’s biggest coronavirus testing lab is hit by Covid outbreak after worker at Milton Keynes site that is targeted to process 70,000 tests a day claimed safety rules had been broken Milton Keynes Lighthouse Laboratory has seen an outbreak of Covid-19 in staff Three of its four scientific teams are isolating and other staff also … Read more
Two young men and two teenage boys have been convicted of murdering a pair of 17-year-olds in a ‘ferocious’ ambush at a birthday party. Dom Ansah and Ben Gillham-Rice were stabbed to death at a house in the Emerson Valley area of Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, on October 19 last year. Two other people were stabbed … Read more
Britain’s first ‘full-scale’ trial of rental e-scooters has been launched today in Milton Keynes. Locals and visitors will have access to 500 of Lime’s motorised vehicles to use on the road after the Government legalised e-scooter hire services last month. Users will pay £1 via a smartphone app to unlock the machines and 20p a … Read more
Dozens of local authorities are eyeing up a government scheme to rent out e-scooters in the likes of Cambridge, Milton Keynes and towns in the Tees Valley. The Department for Transport launched a new 12 month scheme at the start of July which would make it legal to ride e-scooters on roads – they would, … Read more
Pensioner, 90, is amazed to see herself as a 14 year old in photograph used for new VE day commemorative stamp Bette Williamson, 90, went to London’s West End to celebrate Victory in Europe Pensioner, who now lives in Milton Keynes, Bucks, recalls ‘electric’ atmosphere She travelled to London for free with her sister Joan … Read more
A retired military police officer died of coronavirus after asking Ross Kemp and his TV crew to film him in hospital. Paul Breeze asked the actor-turned filmmaker to feature him on his documentary about how the NHS is fighting the virus on the frontline. The first episode of the programme sees Mr Breeze 63, being … Read more
Knee-high robots that deliver shopping see surge in popularity in Milton Keynes (and they work an 80-hour week) Fleet of 70 machines have working flat out to deliver to the public and NHS staff Operator Starship said it had doubled the fleets size in the last three weeks Robots are large enough to hold several … Read more
A super-lab for coronavirus testing has finally opened in Milton Keynes after ministers admitted they had no idea when it would be operational. The National Biosample Centre has been shrouded in mystery for weeks and was discreetly opened last night by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. There was skepticism it would ever get going because the … Read more