The centre:mk will be hosting a Student Send Off event at centre:mk is back again on Thursday 29 August.

Those are either off to University for the first time, getting ready to go back to college or buying for someone who is are encouraged to attend to ensure they have everything you need to help get ready for student life this autumn.

With over 140 retailers offering fashion and student essentials such as Primark, H&M and Mango, together with exclusive offers, prizes and student discounts at 55 of these, along with goody bags and entertainment, the Student Send Off event is bigger than ever before.

Fashionistas are encouraged to look out for special, one day discounts from stores including Jigsaw, Mango, Dune and River Island.

Meanwhile, those seeking home furnishings, check out John Lewis and Partners and M&S.

For those seeking essential stationery and handy items for student survival, visit Typo and Flying Tiger.

There are also a host of beauty and fragrance offers, as well as restaurants, cafes and kiosks to keep those energy levels high.

Visitors are also encouraged to head to Middleton Hall next to the beach to collect your goody bag, enter the exclusive free prize draw and collect a map of participating stores, showing the offers and discounts across the centre.

There are also four other meeting point stations around the centre, where visitors can personalise and top up your goody bag with free samples, vouchers and bounce back offers, with something different to collect at each station. There is also a host of entertainment from local artists and performers to make sure you can relax and enjoy the evening.

Centre Director Kevin Duffy said, “We have a great mix of retailers here at centre:mk ensuring you can find all your student essentials under one roof, making shopping with a student or as a student who may be off to college or university, a great experience. With exclusive discounts and prizes, along with some delicious food from participating restaurants, I’m sure the event will be a huge success and we are really looking forward to it.”

For more details about the event visit centremk.com

Former MK Dons star Matt O’Riley has joined Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion from Celtic.

O’Riley has signed for the Seagulls for an undisclosed fee reported by several sources to be in the region of £25million, which would be the record fee received by a Scottish side.

The 23-year-old midfielder has signed a five year contract at the Amex Stadium, becoming their eighth summer signing as they strengthen under new Head Coach Fabian Hürzeler.

O’Riley spent just under a year with MK Dons before moving to Scotland. He joined the Dons as a free agent in January 2021 after training with the club following a release by Fulham and became a key player. In his time at Stadium MK, he made 54 appearances and scored 10 goals, including a winner against AFC Wimbledon in his final appearance for the club.

O’Riley left MK Dons in January 2022 to sign for Celtic, moving for an undisclosed fee reportedly around £1.5million.

The midfielder has impressed in Scotland, making 124 appearances in all competitions, scoring 27 times and being recognised as one of the Glasgow club’s key players.

In his time at Celtic Park, O’Riley has won 3 Scottish Premiership titles, two Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup title. He has also represented the Bhoys in the Champions League and been named the club’s Player of the Year, Player’s Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year in various seasons there, while he has also received two caps for Denmark.

Rumours that O’Riley was set to leave Glasgow had been regularly heard throughout the summer. Italian side Atalanta had multiple bids rejected, while other suitors linked included Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid and Southampton, the latter of whom are managed by O’Riley’s former MK Dons boss Russell Martin.

Hürzeler told the Brighton website that he felt O’Riley’s skills and ambition made him a perfect fit for the club’s project.

He said, “He plays a very specialist position; he is very good at occupying and attacking the right space. He likes making deep runs, and knows when to attack at the right time.

“He enjoys getting forward and attacking the opponent’s penalty area, but he also has a good defensive instinct. That balance makes him special. He is a great character, and has a good ambition to succeed and that’s something which is very important for us.”

MK Dons Head Coach Mike Williamson said he was pleased with his side’s display in beating Carlisle.

The Dons’ boss spoke after a 3-0 win over Carlisle at Stadium MK on Saturday, which got MK Dons their first win of the 2024/25 League Two season.

He said, “We’re really pleased with that. There were some really outstanding performances today. I wouldn’t want to go through each. Some of the lads who haven’t played much football came in and stood out, and all the subs really impacted.”

Williamson added that he felt the display demonstrated the merits of his approach in showing a team with the versatility and focus to break an opponent down.

He said, “I think the goals appeared simple but that’s the detail, timing, relationships and knowing each other building up. We had to be patient in the first half and there’s times where the fans want to play forward all the time. We do and want to but the windows have got to be right and when certain solutions close, we’ve got to be patient and always actively concentrating to break the backline. We did that very well in the first half.

“The way we want to approach everything is when we hurt teams in a certain style and way, they change and we hurt them in a different way. We’ve got athleticism and winning runners to break the backline and technical players who keep in space, and we’ve got to keep our concentration and decision making in always looking to probe.”

Williamson also praised the Dons’ fans for sticking on side and that he hoped to get them more wins as the season continues.

He said, “I want to talk about them as much as possible. We’ve not heard any frustration from them and they understand now the way we play, and we want them on the edge of their seats all the time. I’m especially pleased for them because it’s off the mark now and we’ve got to make sure we build off it.”

Red Bull were beaten by McLaren at the Dutch Grand Prix as Max Verstappen was beaten by Lando Norris.

At his home race, Verstappen had passed the McLaren of Norris off the line but was overtaken by the British driver later in the race then was unable to keep up as Norris won by a margin of over 22 seconds.

Verstappen was duly forced to settle for second pace while his team-mate Sergio Perez crossed the line in 6th position.

The result meant that Verstappen failed to win at Zandvoort for the first time since the Dutch Grand Prix returned to the F1 calendar in 2021, while Red Bull have now failed to win in each of the last five Formula One races.

Red Bull remain with the advantage in both championships but saw their lead in both cut into as a result. Verstappen leads the Driver’s Championship with 295 points, with a win and fastest lap for Norris seeing the McLaren cut his lead to 70 points. Team-mate Perez, meanwhile, sits seventh, with the Mexican driver now 15 points behind Lewis Hamilton and 17 ahead of George Russell.

As for the Constructor’s Championship, the Milton Keynes-based Red Bull Racing team remain in the lead of the field. However, with McLaren scoring more than Red Bull, it meant that the team’s lead over McLaren has been cut to 30 points.

Verstappen was making his 200th Formula One start and in his pursuit of getting back to winning ways, he had initially made a quick start when he beat Norris off the line and took the lead into turn one. Team-mate Perez, meanwhile, lost a place off the line to the faster starting Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.

Initially, Verstappen held the lead and got out of DRS, but as the first stint of the tyres wore on, Verstappen was struggling to shake off the McLaren.

Norris duly closed up and at the start of lap 18, the McLaren made a move, flying past Verstappen into turn one to take lead of the race.

Verstappen attempted to make an undercut to get back past Norris, but the McLaren kept track position when Norris pitted and he duly got away, escalated to a huge lead over the field to win comfortably.

As for Perez, he rejoined ninth after his stop behind a few early-stopping midfielders but was able to get back into sixth.

Perez would lose a position when he was passed by the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz, but gained one when George Russell made a second pit-stop and was unable to catch up to try to re-pass the Mexican later in the race, allowing Perez to pick up 6th – his highest finish since taking fourth in Miami back in May.

Red Bull will seek to try again to get a win when Formula One heads to Italy for the next round at Monza.