Last week Thames Valley Police joined up with multiple police forces to combat serious criminals exploiting the transport network for criminal purposes. Operation Pandilla, aims to proactively address serious acquisitive crime and County Drugs Lines by making use of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology and intelligence sharing across forces. The operation resulted in 85 arrests, 85 vehicle seizures, 11 weapon seizures, 41 drug-related seizures and over £10,000

Fresh from Milton Keynes being named the country’s number one city for recycling, Milton Keynes City Council is piloting a free waste and recycling app for smartphones and tablets to make managing your bins even easier. Local people can use the secure app to quickly check what will be collected that week and can sign up for weekly reminders to put the right bin out. The app can also send you a notification if there’s a change to your usual collection, for instance due to bad

A first‑of‑its‑kind Central Voting Hub will give Milton Keynes voters the option to cast their ballot in the city centre at the local elections on 7 May. For voters who are living, working, or visiting the city centre, the Central Voting Hub will be open inside Midsummer Place, near Waterstones, offering a convenient alternative to travelling back to a usual polling station. Voters will still receive a ballot paper for the ward they live in and are registered to vote in, just

If ever there were proof that classic comedy can be reborn for the stage without losing an ounce of its brilliance, Fawlty Towers - The Play is it. Currently delighting audiences at Milton Keynes Theatre until Saturday 2nd May, this riotous adaptation delivers relentless laughter, pitch-perfect performances, and a lovingly crafted homage to one of Britain’s greatest sitcoms. The Walk! Adapted by John Cleese himself to mark 50 years since the original BBC series first aired, t