News in Maldon

WITH Essex hit by floods in the past two days the fire service has issued a warning and advice to drivers following the dramatic rescue of a couple from a car stranded in deep water yesterday (Saturday, 5 December).

Firefighters launched a water rescue boat was launched to reach the vehicle in Millers Green Road, Ongar, after they drove into flood water and became trapped at around 10am.

A Christmas advent raffle offering prizes for the days running up to Christmas is a great idea – but the real winners of this local charity event will be young people who have undetected heart conditions.

The Charlotte Adams Memorial Fund was set up by a mum who wants to make sure that her daughter is not forgotten – and at the same time help to make sure that other young people can get the heart screenings that could potentially save them from being taken with sudden cardiac failure. This raffle will help provide community defibrillators, which can increase the chances of survival of a sudden cardiac attack by 90 per cent.

MALDON town centre will be the scene of bargains galore tomorrow as the High Street gets ready for Small Business Saturday.

Some shops and businesses will be offering discounts on purchases throughout the day tomorrow (Saturday, 5 December) for the event.

THE air ambulance service that serves Maldon district has just reached a remarkable milestone.

The lifesaving Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) charity has carried out 27,145 missions since it was formed in 1998, many of them in the Maldon district area. You can see where aircraft and crews attended in the district recently via the link here.

SANTA is continuing his journey by sleigh around the streets of Maldon and Heybridge over the coming days and weeks.

Maldon Rotary Club and Heybridge Blackwater Rotary Club both have a schedule of streets they will be coming to - and because of Covid-safety this year have set up a joint Just Giving page to raise money for local good causes.

Holloway Road residents are fighting to keep flood water from their homes this morning (Friday, 4 December).

People living at the end of the street closes to the Langford roundabout and opposite the new Bellway housing estate woke at around 6.30am to find water gushing from the culvert and ditch.

Police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward after a cyclist who was found with a serious head injury at the roadside in Danbury died.

The 85-year-old man, who lived in Danbury, was found beside his bike with a serious head injury on The Ridge near to the junction with Fir Tree Lane in Danbury at around 3.15pm on Friday, 13 November.

Maldon patients are among those across mid Essex who have been asked to call the 111 helpline before heading to A&E – unless there is a need for immediate treatment.

And in a statement issued this afternoon (Thursday, 3 December), the area's patients were told: ""If you arrive at the emergency department without contacting NHS 111 first, you will still be seen, but you may have to wait longer unless you need immediate treatment."

A long-planned transformation at a much-loved Maldon tearoom became a reality because of the pandemic.

Mrs Salisbury's Famous Tearooms in Bright's Path has long been a favourite with town centre shoppers – and in the last few months a mobile version in the form of the now familiar vintage van at Promenade Park has also proved popular.

THURSDAYS will see late-evening shopping opportunities in Maldon town centre in the run-up to Christmas – and here we have a list of some of the shops and businesses taking part.

There will be free parking in town centre car parks each Thursday from 2pm, provided by Maldon District Council to help support a safe return to the High Street following the lifting of the second national lockdown.