MK News - 02/07/2008 digital edition

BU
ILDERS
hav
e
star
ted
wo
rk
on
the
city
8217s
new
Un
iv
ersity
Ce
ntr
e
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
(UCMK).
UCMK
will
be
based
in
200
Si
lbur
y
Bo
ulev
ar
d,
Ce
ntr
al
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
,
and
will
open
to
students
this
Se
ptember
,
offer
ing
a
wide
va
ri
ety
of
degr
ee-lev
el
courses
.
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
Pa
rt
nership
has
pr
ov
ided
an
investment
of
1637.3m
to
pur
chase
and
re
furbish
the
new
home
of
UCMK.
The
So
uth
East
England
De
ve
lopment
Agency
,
(SEEDA)
has
pro
vided
a
gr
ant
of
163248,000
to
war
ds
the
cost
of
equipp
ing
the
centr
e,
matched
by
an
inv
est-
ment
of
163250,000
from
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
Co
llege
.
The
Co
llege
will
lead
the
initia-
tive
and
ru
n
the
new
Ce
ntr
e,
which
will
initially
have
places
for
700
full-time
under
gr
aduates
.
A
consor
tium
of
higher
educa-
tion
partners
including
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
Co
llege
hav
e
agr
eed
on
a
go
ve
rn
ance
model
for
the
univ
er-
sity
.
It
aims
to
keep
city
students
her
e
instead
of
going
to
univ
ersi-
ty
elsewh
er
e,
to
forge
str
ong
links
with
local
businesses
and
to
develop
new
enterpr
ise
ideas
for
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
.
Co
llege
Pr
incipal
and
Chief
Ex
ecutive
Ro
b
Ba
dcock
said:
8220T
he
Ce
ntr
e
will
be
a
tr
emendous
asset
to
the
thr
iving
pr
ogr
essive
city
of
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
and
will
be
at
the
hear
t
of
its
expansion.
8220I
t
will
be
a
focal
point
for
21st
centur
y
higher
education
and
will
benefi
t
a
huge
number
of
people
who
will
no
w
be
able
to
study
at
univ
ersity
lev
el
in
MK.
8221
He
added:
8220I
t
will
combine
state-of-the-ar
t
technology
,
re
sear
ch,
kno
wledge
tr
ansfer
and
cr
eative
lear
ning
methods
to
inspir
e
potent
ial
studen
ts
and
encour
age
new
commer
cial
activity
.8221
Jo
hn
Lewis
,
Chief
Ex
ecutiv
e
of
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
Pa
rt
nership
said:
8220W
e
ar
e
delighted
to
suppor
t
a
new
Un
iv
ersity
Ce
ntr
e.
8220I
t
is
a
fantastic
oppor
tunity
for
the
new
city
and
we
look
for
war
d
to
wor
king
with
our
partners
to
pr
ogr
ess
the
plan
s
for
the
futu
re
.8221Fo
unda
tion
stones
laid
at
MK8217
s
University
Centre
BY
JESSICA
CUNNIFFE
jessica.cunnif
fe
@mk
-news.co.uk
THE
death
of
a
popular
22-year
-
old
man
who
dr
ow
ned
in
To
ngw
ell
Lake
in
Fe
br
uar
y
was
descr
ibed
as
a
8216m
yster
y8217
by
the
cor
oner
.
The
body
of
David
Du
dden
(pic-
tur
ed
right),
of
Ma
ulden
Ga
rd
ens
,
Gi
ffar
d
Pa
rk,
was
found
floating
in
To
ngwell
Lake
on
Fe
br
uar
y
11
by
a
worker
on
his
lunch
br
eak.
The
former
De
nbigh
student
liv
ed
with
his
gr
andmother
,
Chr
istine
Ha
zell,
who
last
saw
him
on
Fe
br
uar
y
8
when
he
said
he
was
going
to
his
job
at
We
therspoons
.
How
ev
er
,
the
pub
late
r
told
police
he
had
not
worked
ther
e
for
a
ye
ar
.
Mr
Du
dden
was
said
to
hav
e
felt
lo
w
after
the
br
eak
up
of
his
re
la-
tionsh
ip
,
the
death
of
his
grandf
a-
ther
and
the
divor
ce
of
his
par
ents
,
for
which
he
had
seen
a
child
psy
-
chiatr
ist.
Fo
rm
er
girlfriend
Vi
ctoria
Br
ether
ton
said:
8220H
e
was
a
lo
vely
and
kind-hearted,
but
ve
ry
ve
ry
messed
up
.8221
Ther
e
was
a
possible
sighting
of
Mr
Du
dden
the
day
befor
e
he
died
by
Ja
nice
Co
ckr
am,
a
mem-
ber
of
the
public
.
8220I
t
was
a
ver
y
fr
osty
night
and
a
beauti
ful
day
so
I
decide
d
to
have
a
walk
ar
ound
To
ngw
ell,
8221
she
told
the
cour
t.
8220T
her
e
we
re
lots
of
people
ther
e
on
that
Su
nday
,
it
being
such
a
good
day
.
8220W
e
came
to
a
picnic
table
and
ther
e
was
a
yo
ung
man
sitting
ther
e
with
his
head
in
his
hands
.
He
looked
so
distr
essed.
8221
How
ever
,
Mr
Du
dden
had
also
had
been
telli
ng
fr
iends
and
fam-
ily
about
his
plans
to
get
a
flat
and
save
up
for
a
car
.
MK
Co
ro
ner
Ro
dney
Co
rn
er
said
he
dismissed
outr
ight
the
possibility
of
suicide
.
Though
police
said
ther
e
we
re
thr
ee
cans
of
strong
lager
wer
e
foun
d
near
the
body
,
the
path
olo-
gist
said
to
xicology
re
por
ts
sho
we
d
no
evidence
of
any
alco-
hol
or
dr
ugs
in
his
system.
The
cor
oner
said:
8220I
have
a
feel-
ing
that
all
this
is
still
a
myster
y
to
yo
u.
8220T
her
e8217
s
no
evidence
that
could
lead
me
to
say
he
had
taken
his
life
8211
I
dismiss
that
str
aight
away
.
8220I
8217m
in
a
quandar
y
as
to
what
happened
8211
as
yo
u
ar
e.
8220H
e
had
no
difficulty
in
getting
girlfr
iends
,
he
was
a
popular
man.
8221
8220I
t
is
all
ra
ther
inconclusive
,8221
he
added.
He
re
cor
ded
an
open
ver
dict.
Offic
ers
fr
om
polic
e
specialis
t
under
wa
te
r
se
ar
ch
and
re
co
ve
ry
te
am
re
mo
ving
the
body
fr
om
To
ngw
ell
Lak
e
in
Fe
bruar
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y
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ngwell
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