News in Maldon

There were 20 Covid-related deaths of Maldon district residents recorded in the week ending Friday, 15 January.

The latest figures, added to the Essex County Council website yesterday (Tuesday, 26 January), record the highest one-week death toll for the district since the start of the pandemic, with 12 recorded in the previous week (to Friday, 8 January).

Essex Police have revealed how they have had to fine and take action against Covid rule-breakers across the county - including people from Maldon and in Tiptree - over the past month.

Among them was a Braintree woman who was issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice for failing to self-isolate despite testing positive for Covid-19.

Latest complete data from Public Health England shows that the Covid-19 infection rate for Maldon district has dropped to the lowest since Tier 4 restrictions were introduced on 20 December.

In the seven days leading up to 20 January, there was a total of 272 new cases recorded in the Maldon district, equal to 419 cases per 100,000 people.

Maldon motorists who take regular trips into or through Chelmsford will want to know that work is starting next month to upgrade the Boreham Interchange ahead of planned construction for a new Chelmsford bypass.

These works starting on Tuesday, 2 February form part of a wider package of infrastructure projects associated with a new railway station at Beaulieu, Chelmsford.

Burnham-on-Crouch slimmer April Yates is celebrating not just losing five-and-a-half stones, but keeping it off for a year despite lockdown.

April, who joined Burnham-on-Crouch Slimming World at the end of January 2019 lost the life-changing amount of weight in just one year and this week celebrates another whole year at her target.

A Maldon woman is urging residents to save money by registering for Essex County Council's 'Energy Switch' scheme - with just days left before this year's chance to join ends.

The scheme involves residents signing up to a collective 'switch' - meaning the county council is able to negotiate a better deal with energy providers with the bargaining power of thousands of residents behind them.

Minister for Media and Data John Whittingdale has praised Nub News for showing there is still a demand for community-focussed local journalism.

The Maldon MP's endorsement follows the expansion of Nub News into 62 towns across the UK in recent months, including the launch of Maldon Nub News in August last year.

County Hall experts hope Essex will lead the way in the UK's fight against climate change with 30 per cent of the land area in towns, villages and new developments turned over to 'green infrastructure'.

This includes creating new wildlife areas such as woodlands, meadows, marshes, ponds, dunes, saltmarshes and mudflats - places where plant and animal species can thrive and prosper.

The likelihood of local elections being held in Maldon in May continues to diminish.

In the case of Maldon District Council, by-elections for two currently vacant seats face further delay, as well as elections due for Essex County Council and the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. There are also some vacancies on local parish councils to fill.

NHS heroes at Broomfield Hospital will be receiving a stash of goodies today (Saturday, 23 January) thanks to a generous donation by Heybridge Swifts Youth Football Club.

With a return to football in the near future looking unlikely, the club decided that staff at Broomfield Hospital should benefit from the stock in the teahut.