News in Maldon

A Maldon-based charity for the young carers of Essex has made a five-minute film to mark Young Carer Action Day tomorrow (Tuesday, 16 March).

This moving but inspirational short video gives an insight into the work of Action for Family Carers in Brickhouse Farm, Poulton Close, through the eyes of some of the children, young people and families the charity supports.

Emma Wallis of Maldon company Lottie & Jake's Scrumptious Cakes is to hold an Easter cake-decorating workshop in aid of Farleigh Hospice.

Those taking part in the online event, which is part of the hospice charity's spring craft series, will learn how to make nests of eggs and chicks ideal for cupcake decorations, as well as a larger nest of both eggs and a hatched chick as a topper for a larger cake using fondant icing.

Time is running out to take advantage of a county council scheme to help householders and businesses to purchase high quality solar panels at a discounted rate.

So far more than 4,100 households and businesses have signed up to the Solar Together Essex initiative. However, residents across Essex now have until 23 March to register their interest for free and without commitment to purchase.

Residents are being urged to register their right to vote in time for local elections on 6 May.

This year residents of Maldon District will be voting in different elections and will select:

Essex Police have reminded residents that despite the good news of falling rates of infection across the county, pandemic restrictions remain in place - and have given examples of breaches they have recently fined people for.

In a statement released yesterday evening (Friday, 12 March), an Essex Police spokesperson said: "The number of people in our county who have contracted Covid-19 continues to fall. This is thanks to everyone who has followed the rules by staying at home, avoiding unnecessary journeys and isolating when required to.

Each weekend, Maldon Nub News will bring you Car of the Week from Churchward Car Sales at Wycke Hill Business Park, Maldon.

This week our Car of the Week is this superb NISSAN QASHQAI SUV 1.5 DCI N-CONNECTA 5DR (2016) - priced at £10, 490

Maldon district currently has the lowest seven-day Covid-19 infection rate in the whole of Essex.

In the week up to Monday, 8 March - the latest complete Public Health England figures available - the infection rate for Maldon district as a whole was 17 cases per 100,000 people.

A badger who became stuck in a deep pit surrounded by barbed wire on Danbury Common was rescued after a member of the public spotted the distressed animal.

RSPCA Inspector Chloe Frost rushed to the scene after call was made to the charity last Sunday (7March).

The NHS in mid-Essex has confirmed that 96.1 per cent of people aged over 65 in the area have had their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine - and that they're on track to have offered the jab to all residents aged 50-plus by mid-April.

In an update on the latest position this morning (Friday, 12 March) a spokesperson for Mid Essex CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) said: "Our teams in the Mid Essex CCG area are working very hard on the vaccination programme and moving on at pace with more than 96.1 per cent of the over-65s receiving their vaccine so far.

Maldon Nub News is delighted to announce that Churchward Car Sales Limited is to become our first sponsor of the Classifieds section.

The move comes as Director Jack Hylton opens his first showroom in Maldon, with two spacious floors filled with cars ranging from £4,000 to £60,000.