News in Maldon

The Salvation Army is calling on the Maldon district community to donate new toys, gifts and food to this year's Christmas appeal to help support families in need over the festive season.

Salvation Army church leader, Captain Caron Doyle, said: "Every year we ask people to donate new toys and gifts to our Christmas present appeal so we can distribute them to families whose children would not otherwise receive a gift. This year, we are expecting the number of families requesting help to rise as a result of the pandemic's impact on already tight family budgets.

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The new play area could be ready by 1 May

THE new garden play area at Maldon's Promenade Park has moved a step closer – and could be ready by the start of May next year.

Revised plans for the redesign and upgrading of the popular Sensory Garden play area at Maldon's Promenade Park will go before councillors next Tuesday (24 November) at a special meeting of Maldon District Council's Strategy and Resources Committee.

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Lockdown may have left some people worried about their weight and general fitness – and so Maldon Nub News has got together with Claire Bond from Slimming World to bring you some top tips as we continue through the current national restrictions.

Slimming World's top healthy lockdown tips...

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The green homes project in Mundon

An innovative Dutch energy efficiency initiative in Maldon has been used as a good example to help Essex reach a recommended long-term goal of building only net zero carbon homes from 2025.

Moat Homes retrofitted five properties in Mundon Road using the 'Energiesprong', (Dutch for 'energy leap') technology, the first pilot of its kind in the South East, and which has been cited by the Essex Climate Change Commission as good practice in helping reduce the impact people in Essex have on global warming.

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THE Covid-19 infection rate for Maldon district has shown a steep increase in week-on-week figures – but remains well below the national and county rates.

An examination of current Essex County Council (ECC) data tables - available on the authority's website - shows that for the seven days ending on Thursday, 12 November, the rate of confirmed positive cases in the district was 84.7 per 100,000. By Saturday, 14 November, the previous seven days in the district saw a rate of 98.5 confirmed cases per 100,000.

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