Lorenzo Gariano Completes Seven Summits

Lorenzo Gariano has just summited Vinson Massiv on Antarctica, thus completing the Seven Summits challenge - climbing the highest mountain on each of the world's continents - and making him only the second Italian...

Willen hosts European Cable Wakeboard Tour

Willen Lake in Milton Keynes, England, is hosting the UK leg of the European Cable-tow Wakeboard Tour this weekend. Running over three days, the event has attracted the World's best cable wakeboarders, paramount...

Lord Puttnam attends Open University Forum

Lord Puttnam, recently appointed Chancellor, arrived at The Open University, Milton Keynes, today to give a talk as part of a Strategic Forum titled 'Ethics in Real Life' Other speakers at the conference to launch...

Actor Warwick Davis presents MTN Awards

Pupils from St Mary's CofE VA Primary School in Cambridgeshire, England, almost swept the board at this week's Making The News competition awards ceremony, hosted by EasyNet and presented by actor Warwick Davis at...

Wild and Woolly Now Oldest Motocross Event

This year's 81st annual "Wild and Woolly" made it the longest-running motocross event in the world. Hosted by the Northamptonshire (England) Motorcyclists' Club, and held every year on Boxing Day, the event very...

Factory Blaze in Bletchley

Fire fighters tackled a blaze in a disused factory in Blechley, Milton Keynes today. Three appliances attended the scene; noxious smoke billowed across surrounding estates from the fire at Compound Sections...

Lord Puttnam Appointed OU Chanceller

Film director Lord Puttnam has been appointed chancellor of The Open University, based in Milton Keynes, England. He takes over from Baroness Boothroyd, famous as speaker of the House of Commons. Founded in 1960...

Willen Lake hosts Jetski Finals

Once again, Willen Lake in Milton Keynes hosted the UK National Jetski Championships. Temperatures were down on last year, but the event still pulled in the crowds.

Demolition

The Jenny Lee Library, one of the first buildings on the Walton Hall, Milton Keynes site of the Open University, being demolished in July 2006.

Three Injured as Scaffolding Collapses

Three people were seriously injured today when fifteen stories of scaffolding collapsed at a new accommodation and hotel construction site in central Milton Keynes, England. Emergency services arrived at the scene...