NHS frontline workers and members of the emergency services gathered at Maldon District Council's offices today (Monday, 5 July) for a special ceremony to mark NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers' Day.

Vice Chair of the council, Councillor Carlie Mayes, raised the NHS flag - created to celebrate the day nationally - at the offices in Princes Road, Maldon.

The day, which is held on the 73rd birthday of the NHS, began with the service being awarded the George Cross by Her Majesty the Queen.

As can be seen in the video here, the Last Post - played by 15-year-old Plume Academy student Freddie Joslin - was followed by a two minute silence where all those workers who have been lost during the pandemic were remembered.