MK Lightning News from Monday, March 9th, 2026

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City and surroundings set for big numbers of the flying insects as experts launch yearly survey.

Special needs centre requires support for charity funding.

Victim punched in attempted bike theft.

Car maker and football club call full time on deal after 12 years.

Home Office orders roll-out of initiative that started in city.

Rat’s not the way to do it for wholesale firm.

Wolverton and Greenley Town Council is appealing for the return of its Union Jack Flag, which has been stolen from outside the Town Hall.

Liberal Democrat councillors ave welcomed plans to give councils clearer powers to deal with pavement parking but say the changes must be introduced fairly and in partnership with local residents.  

A man originally from Milton Keynes has been jailed for 14 years after being found guilty of controlling and coercive behaviour and attempted rape in Wirral.

English Tourism Week begins tomorrow, and Destination Milton Keynes has taken the opportunity to commission a report from Tourism South East, which values the tourism sector at £413 million for the city.

Bletchley Park has been sharing the stories of some of the thousands of women who worked at Britain’s World War Two codebreaking centre; a workforce that was 75% female by January 1945.