Dossier
Buckinghamshire
Coverage of Buckinghamshire in the Nexus archive.
- ‘People can see it – but can’t use it’: mystery of completed East-West Rail line that has no passenger trains
The East West Rail project between Oxford and Milton Keynes was completed in 2024, but no passenger services have launched despite freight trains operating. Residents near Winslow, Buckinghamshire, are frustrated by the lack of promised services, which were intended to boost housing, jobs, and economic growth in the UK's tech corridor.
- Church warden jailed for life for murder of lecturer has conviction quashed
Benjamin Field, a former church warden, had his 2019 murder conviction for killing Peter Farquhar in Buckinghamshire quashed by the Court of Appeal, leading to a retrial. He was originally sentenced to at least 36 years in prison for the murder of the 69-year-old university lecturer.