Local News from Tuesday, March 17th, 2026

Incident response to the fire that has affected a recycling unit at Newton Leys in Bletchley is now being scaled back.

Milton Keynes College has joined forces with The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts (RACA) on the college’s popular Taste of Tuesday Guest Nights.

'Impactful Mental Health Support 4 Send Children' is the title of an event being hosted by M & G Productions in the new city later this month.

Serial swipers Rachel Allen and Samantha Poole had become disillusioned with dating apps, which they found to be littered with people who were rude, obnoxious and fake.

Newport Pagnell South councillors have donated £1,500 from their ward-based budgets to support three popular community events in the town.

Due to the ongoing fire at the recycling unit in Newton Leys, Bishop Parker Catholic School and Nursery has taken the decision to close today.

Buckinghamshire Freemasons will be hosting a Breakfast Club for veterans and serving members of our Armed Forces at the Bletchley Masonic Centre next month.

Celebrate the timeless music of Genesis, David Bowie, Dire Straits, The Police, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, 10cc and ELO in Sonic Time Machine at Stantonbury Theatre this Friday.

Here & Now, the hit musical presented by UK pop sensation Steps, arrives at Milton Keynes Theatre at the end of the month.

New city-based author Grace Spicer is republishing her pandemic anthology Generation Covid: How Young People Responded to the COVID-19 Crisis.

The incident has generated multiple calls to Thames Valley Fire Control Service, with a large volume of smoke visible in surrounding areas.