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People in Milton Keynes today gave His Majesty The King a very warm welcome as he arrived to formally mark Milton Keynes’ newly conferred city status.
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YES MK! We are so proud that Milton Keynes is being made a city as part of HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Thank you to everyone who supported the bid.
#LoveMK
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Congratulations to MK-born England Captain Leah Williamson, who tonight received Freedom of the City of Milton Keynes in recognition of her achievements (first person to do so since MK became a city!)
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Milton Keynes Council will stand in solidarity with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities around the world this evening, as it lights the Civic building purple to remember George Floyd and stand up for justice.
#BlackOutTuesday
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We really appreciate the help of Lancaster Jaguar Land Rover in Northfield who loaned us this 4x4 Discovery Sport for the weekend so our Home Care teams can keep on reaching vulnerable people in rural areas. And a big thank you to our hard working care colleagues too.
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YES MK! We are so proud that Milton Keynes is being made a city as part of HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Thank you to everyone who supported the bid.
#LoveMK
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🎈🎂 Happy 55th Birthday MK! 🎂🎈
On this day in 1967 Milton Keynes was officially designated as a new town.
#MKBirthday
#LoveMK
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Today we collected HM The Queen's Letters Patent that officially makes us the City of Milton Keynes. We'll be formally marking our city status later this year.
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Cllr Mohammed Khan is the new Mayor of Milton Keynes for 2021-22 and the first of Bangladeshi heritage. Mayor Khan, who was born in the city of Sylhet in Bangladesh and moved to Bletchley in 1982, was first elected to MK Council in 2013.
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Tonight we've very proudly received our formal Letters Patent bestowing City Status on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II from the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, The Countess Howe.
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His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort will visit Milton Keynes on Thursday 16 February to formally mark city status.
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Today our council leader has initiated the process to bestow Freedom of the City to Leah Williamson. Read more:
Massive congratulations to MK's own
@leahcwilliamson
and The Lionesses for bringing it home!
#WEURO2022
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We're honoured to welcome HRH The Duke of Cambridge to Milton Keynes today to celebrate
#MK50
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That concludes the Local Election results in Milton Keynes for 2024. Here's the new political make-up of Milton Keynes City Council.
Full results here:
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Massive congratulations to MK's own
@leahcwilliamson
and The Lionesses for bringing it home!
#WEURO2022
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YES MK! We are so proud that Milton Keynes is being made a city as part of HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Thank you to everyone who supported the bid.
#LoveMK
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A new commercial study has found Milton Keynes is the ‘greenest city in the UK’ based on our number and size of parks.
MK came out top of all UK places with more than 15.42m² of parkland per every ten residents. We’re proud of our green spaces in Milton Keynes.
#LoveMK
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We are delighted to announce
@MichaelRBracey
is our new Chief Executive, subject to ratification at Full Council on 28 November.
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#HappyBirthdayMiltonKeynes
Happy 50th Birthday MK! On this day in 1967 Milton Keynes was officially designated as a new town.
#MK50
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We’re lighting Civic red in the run up to Remembrance Day to commemorate those service personnel who lost their lives in wars.
#RemembranceSunday
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Cllr Amanda Marlow is the new Mayor of Milton Keynes for 2022-23, becoming the 50th person to take the office, and the first female mayor since 2012.
More here:
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Our thoughts are with the friends & family of Alderman Kevin Wilson who died earlier this week. Kevin was Labour Councillor for Woughton & Fishermead, former Leader of Milton Keynes Council. He was awarded an MBE for services to Local Government in 2015. He will be sorely missed.
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MK Council will be restarting its weekly food and garden waste collections on Monday 11 May. Collections were suspended earlier this month due to reduced staff numbers caused by the
#Covid_19
pandemic.
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We stand with Ukraine, and today raised the Ukrainian flag at The Civic.
Read about how we are showing our support here:
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Congratulations Max Verstappen and everyone from Red Bull Racing in Milton Keynes!
#LoveMK
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That concludes the Local Election results in Milton Keynes for 2023. Here's the new political make-up of Milton Keynes City Council.
Full results here:
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Work has started to improve the H6 and V6 redway routes into 'super redways' by improving surfacing, landscaping, lighting and signage
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Due to reduced staff numbers and to protect the weekly collection of black and clear sacks, we’re stopping food and garden waste collections throughout MK after regular collections on Friday 3 April until the situation improves.
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The Mayor of Milton Keynes, Mayor Amanda Marlow lays flowers in tribute to Her Majesty The Queen at Milton Keynes Rose this evening. Read The Mayor's statement at
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The Flag of St George flying at Civic this morning. It's coming home..
#ThreeLions
#ItsComingHome
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A wonderful speech from HRH The Duke of Cambridge wishing MK a happy 50th birthday.
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If you’ve noticed more wildflowers on verges and in other open spaces in MK, it’s because we’ve sowed wildflower seeds to encourage biodiversity.
#MiltonGreens
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Announcing the fantastic headliner for Sat 8 October's FREE celebration of MK becoming a city -
@SamRyderMusic
. See Sam and other fab musical acts on the Station Square stage plus there's laser shows and a digital light parade across the city centre.
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It's almost Christmas EVe so time to charge up the 'sleigh' at MK's new charging hub at the Coachway at Junction 14!
🎅🚗⚡️
@ChargemasterPlc
@EVEC_MK
#electricvehicles
#ElectricCar
@GoUltraLow
#santaclausiscomingtotown
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Milton Keynes Council will be trialling e-scooters in June in a fast-tracked plan to explore alternatives to short car journeys.
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Lifetime Achievement Awards go to Michael Manley at Denbigh School, Sue Davies
@LongMeadowSch
and Tony Berwick at Jubilee Wood. Thank you for your dedication and commitment.
#MKEducationAwards2018
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🦺👍 Brinklow Roundabout, Kingston is now completely resurfaced and is fully open to traffic 🚛🚗
Thanks for bearing with us as we carried out this big project on a busy roundabout.
@Ringway_MK
@mkfm
@mk_citizen
@tvp_mk
@Bucksfire
@tvprp
@CBC_Highways
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Look out for these digital advertising boards which are being installed around CMK this month
This will bring in £14k each week to the Council helping to fund and protect front line services for MK
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Our gritters used 55 tonnes of salt last night. 11 vehicles currently ploughing snow routes (since 4am). Four additional gangs clearing and gritting CMK car parks/paths + local high streets. Gritting restarts when snowfall ends. Grit and plough routes:
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Members of the public are invited to join the Mayor of Milton Keynes for a short vigil at the MK Rose this evening, 7.30pm
#WeStandTogether
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The nine gritting lorries have just left the depot to grit the priority 1 routes which is the grid roads and key link roads into MK.
We use on average 46 tonnes of rock salt on one run which takes around 3 hours to complete
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Gritting and weather update for MK for today ...
Big thank you to all the gritting crews who worked throughout the night ploughing and gritting the roads across MK 👏👏
@mkfm
@HeartMKNews
@BBC3CR
@Secklow1055fm
@mk_citizen
#snow
#lovemk
@Ringway_MK
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Our teams are busy cleaning the nooks and crannies in CMK which normally wouldn’t be possible during busier times. Keeping MK cleaner and greener. Team and public safety will always be maintained.
#LoveMK
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Our flags are flying at half mast following the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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We're flying the flag today outside our Civic Offices building for
#StGeorgesDay
#England
#lovemk
#miltonkeynes
🐉
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A brilliant way to celebrate MK becoming a city as we were joined by Thea Callaghan, from St Paul’s Catholic School who designed the flag for the bid
#LoveMK
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Thank you to the dedicated Team MK who you’ll meet at MK’s Mass Vaccination Centre at Saxon Court. We’re proud to be part of the vaccination effort. If you’re eligible, please book your vaccination. New MK slots are released every day.
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HRH The Duke of Cambridge getting a warm welcome at the MK Rose, accompanied by the Mayor of MK.
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The flag will be flying at half-mast today. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to the victims and their families.
#WeStandTogether
.
@mkcouncil
union flag is flying at half mast today following the appalling events in
#Manchester
our thoughts are with all those affected
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It is with great sadness that Milton Keynes City Council hears of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Read details of floral tributes and MK's book of condolence:
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It's fantastic to see where it all began as we celebrate Milton Keynes' 50th Birthday this year
#MK50
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New living green bus shelters capable of extracting harmful carbon emissions are being installed across MK as part of a pilot project backed by MK Council.
Read the full story here: .
#LoveMK
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The verification of votes has now begun.
We will post the results on Twitter as they come in.
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Update: British Citizens from Wuhan in Milton Keynes.
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We've been busy getting ready for HRH Duke of Cambridge's visit tomorrow at Campbell Park. Everyone is welcome:
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It's great to see
#MK50
and
#HappyBirthdayMK
trending! Let us and
@CultureMK
know how you're celebrating today.
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Did you know?
Midsummer Boulevard in MK is so-called as the sun rises at its east end and sets at the west end today!
#LongestDayOfTheYear
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We’re working together with
@mkfoodbank
. If you know anyone who needs help please pass this message on.
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Commander Neil Armslength taking a break from asking people to make space in MK to pick up
@astro_timpeake
book. (Great gift!) We'd like everyone to take small steps or a giant leap away from others while Christmas shopping.
#makespace
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If your waste collection day is Monday please put it out as usual - we'll be trying to collect, but making decisions in the morning based on road conditions estate by estate. We'll post here about any delays. Thanks for bearing with us.
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MK Council sends their best wishes to all those celebrating Diwali – the festival of lights today. Wishing those communities a peaceful Diwali and a prosperous New Year.
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Cllr Andrew Geary has been welcomed as the new Mayor of Milton Keynes during the first ever live streamed meeting of Milton Keynes Council.
More:
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Our School Parking Enforcement Programme tackling the problem of dangerous and inconsiderate parking outside schools in
#MK
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🦺⚒️Tickford Bridge, Newport Pagnell
The historic Grade I listed bridge has now reopened to traffic this afternoon after extensive refurbishment works.
Painting and footway works that were delayed due to heavy rain will take place next week.
@Ringway_MK
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MKC and
@CranfieldUni
have launched their search for a landmark design for MK:U, a new university planned for the heart of MK. Five shortlisted designs will be announced later in spring and the winner will be revealed in the summer. More here:
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We're flying the St George's Day flag outside the Civic Offices today as
@England
get their
#WorldCup
campaign underway this evening.
#ThreeLions
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It’s
#LoveMK
Day! If you love MK’s green spaces, but haven’t yet downloaded our free
@LoveExploringHQ
then do get it in time for the bank holidays and let’s hope for sunshine:
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Award winner for Encouraging participation in STEM goes to Giffard Park school for building innovative robotic technology.
#MKEducationAwards2018
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Thank you to everyone who attended the city celebration on Saturday. Here are some highlights from the night.
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We would like to warmly welcome Cllr Sam Crooks and his wife Isabelle as the new Mayor and Mayoress of Milton Keynes.
More here:
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Snow forecast for MK for the early hours of Monday so we'll be gritting the grid road network and other key roads today
Take extra care when out and about on the roads, redways and footpaths
Drive to condition and clear snow/ice from car windows before setting off
❄️☃️
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We would like to warmly welcome Cllr David Hopkins and his wife Susan as the new Mayor & Mayoress of Milton Keynes
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Over 1,000 pollinating species such as bees and beetles could be benefiting from council work to increase wildflower verges and meadows in Milton Keynes.
Read the full story and find out more here:
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Food and garden waste collections will restart from Monday 15 March.
To check your collection day visit: .
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🦺🧹We've removed lots of items from the main roads and verges across MK today.
Owners of the items have been notified by letter.
Some were attached to lampposts, signs or street name plates. We'll continue to remove items placed without permission on the highway to keep it safe.
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Our highways teams have been out and about adding a fresh lick of paint to roundabouts in Milton Keynes - the latest is this one on North Overgate.
#LoveMK
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The Severe Weather Emergency Protocol for rough sleepers has been extended until Monday 5 March
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Milton Keynes has submitted its bid to become a city as part of HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Mayor of Milton Keynes Mohammed Khan sent the formal bid off in a Starship robot. Read the full story and find out more here:
#TeamMK
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Good morning MK. We're out ploughing main routes and will be doing so throughout the day. Please take extra care if you're driving.
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Have you seen the news about the European Capital of Culture bid? We’re disappointed, but nothing will reduce our ambition to continue to grow our arts, heritage and cultural sectors in MK. Keep watching this space!
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Today we’re celebrating
#LoveMK
Day, which puts the spotlight on our wonderful and welcoming city. Were you there when King Charles III visited earlier this year to mark MK becoming a city?
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Here's a first look at our new clear sacks! We're changing to clear sacks so any wrong items like food waste, nappies, textiles or glass can be spotted before the sack reaches the recycling factory. If you have any questions, let us know!
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Thank you to the dedicated Team MK who you’ll meet at MK’s Mass Vaccination Centre at Saxon Court. We’re proud to be part of the vaccination effort. If you’re eligible, please book your vaccination. New MK slots are released every day.
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In just a few weeks, the new YMCA campus in Central MK will open its doors to formerly homeless young people, with 199 rooms, a café, nursery, and meeting rooms.
Read more here:
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Milton Keynes is 53 today! 🎈
Share your favourite photos of MK with us.
#HappyBirthdayMiltonKeynes
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I want to break free...❄️🚚
Spready Mercury and the other gritters will be out again overnight and this afternoon spreading the main roads as freezing temperatures predicted again for MK.
Remember to clear all frost/ice from all windows before setting off ⚠️
@Ringway_MK
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🦺 Walton Drive Roundabout, H9 Groveway
MK's newest roundabout is now constructed and this section of the H9 Groveway will reopen to traffic from tomorrow afternoon. (23 Dec)
MKCC was commissioned to design and install the roundabout on behalf of MKDP.
@tvp_mk
@Bucksfire
@SCAS999
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Great job MK, we’ve reached 250,000 vaccinations. Please tell your family and friends how important it is to be vaccinated.
We’ve been working with NHS partners to make this happen – thank you to the whole hardworking team.
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