News in Maldon

In the latest of his regular columns, Chairman of Maldon District Council, Councillor Mark Heard, talks about the challenges of keeping safe and being kind in an unprecedented time.

I recently hand-delivered a birthday card locally and met a previous neighbour with whom I usually stop and have a chat with and generally pass the time of day. I was worried that they may think I was infectious, so I gave him plenty of room and mumbled "Oh, just delivering a birthday card," before scurrying out of his way even though I think he wanted to talk further.

The Chairman of Heybridge Basin Parish Council has spoken of how councillors were left with little choice but to close Daisy Meadow Car Park after hundreds of visitors flocked to the area since the start of the new national lockdown.

Councillor Michael Edwards said the parish council was inundated with requests from local residents, many of them pensioners and considered vulnerable to Covid-19, to express their fears over the situation.

One of the three hospitals managed by the local NHS trust - Southend Hospital - has today (Monday, 11 January) confirmed that it is starting to ration supplies to patients and is in a 'critical situation'.

An internal document has confirmed that patients receiving oxygen should have their supply 'weaned'.

It has been announced that Maldon District Council is supporting Essex County Council and the Department of Health and Social Care with the overall testing capacity for the district by distributing Covid-19 testing kits from today (Monday, 11 January) at Maldon Town Hall.

This is an opportunity for those who are asymptomatic (do not have symptoms) to be tested.

Maldon mums-to-be who are planning home births will not be stopped from doing so because of the Covid-19 crisis, it has been confirmed.

Home birthing services in Essex will continue as normal, according to Mid and South Essex NHS Hospitals Trust, which runs Broomfield Hospital, as well as Basildon and Southend hospitals, too.

Over the five months leading up to Christmas, Maldon Nub News brought you a weekly series of in-depth interview features with key people from local businesses, organisations and community life.

Our Up Close in Maldon features focussed on the emergence of businesses and the community from the darker days of the pandemic.

For a second year running, coronavirus looks likely to cause the postponement of scheduled local elections.

Last year elections across the country were cancelled and elected councillors whose time was due to run out were asked to stay on for another year.

A man has been jailed for three years for manslaughter after the death of Daryl Bunn in Maldon.

Daryl, 27, died in hospital on 30 June 2019, after being assaulted the day before.

As the Covid-19 vaccination is rolled out across Maldon district and Essex, local NHS chiefs are asking those who would like to volunteer to help to get in touch.

Thirteen GP sites cross the mid and south Essex area have now become operational since early December.

Essex Police have launched an appeal for witnesses to a a woman being hit by a car back in November.

It was reported that the woman was struck by a silver convertible SAAB in Skylark Avenue, Southminster, mid-morning on Wednesday, 25 November 2020.