Technology

HS2 reveals successful results of hydrogen generator trial

21 July 2022

An HS2 construction site in London has held successful trials for two zero-emissions hydrogen fuel cell-based electricity generators – cutting carbon and improving air quality for workers and the local community.

Flying taxis and vaccine carrying drones: £12m fund opens for regulators to drive innovation across the UK

21 July 2022

Democracy and Local Affairs, Technology, Transport

News from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Kitche takes to the road in Buckinghamshire

20 July 2022

Democracy and Local Affairs, Environment, Technology

The home food waste app Kitche is going on the road - literally - as from today two liveried Kitche waste trucks hit the roads of Buckinghamshire

The UK’s first fully electric crawler cranes start work on HS2 as the project moves towards diesel free construction sites

10 February 2022

Technology, Transport

Three electric cranes have arrived on HS2 sites in London, supporting HS2’s drive towards net zero carbon

Broadband bills set to rise by staggering 10%

18 January 2022

Technology

New research from Choose finds 87% of broadband and mobile customers are unaware prices may increase by as much as 10% by April 2022.

NHS App turns three with 22 million users

31 December 2021

Health and Social Care, Technology

The NHS App, launched three years ago today [31 December 2018], now has over 22 million users and is one of the UK’s most downloaded apps.

Deaf pupils talke to astronauts on the space station in a world first

13 September 2021

Education, Technology

A group of pupils at the Mary Hare School for deaf children in Newbury will be talking to an Astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbits above them at 11,000 miles per hour.

Local MP Welcomes Funding for Lightning-Fast Broadband in Bucks

2 August 2021

Democracy and Local Affairs, Homepage, Technology

Aylesbury MP Rob Butler has welcomed funding for lightning-fast broadband in rural parts of Buckinghamshire as part of the Government’s £5 billion boost to the Project Gigabit programme.

New electric bike scheme leads the charge along Waddesdon Greenway

19 March 2021

Democracy and Local Affairs, Environment, Physical Activities, Technology, Transport

The installation of a second docking station at Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station, together with more e-bikes, will shortly complete Buckinghamshire's first e-bike rental scheme along the popular Waddesdon Greenway route.

Funding boost powers up electric vehicle ownership across Buckinghamshire

8 February 2021

Democracy and Local Affairs, Environment, Technology, Transport

£105K awarded to increase public EV charging units