News in Maldon

On-call firefighters from Maldon went to the rescue of Great Notley residents when the River Brain burst its banks last night (Thursday, 14 January).

The Maldon team arrived with specialist equipment to spend around three hours helping Braintree crews and the Environment Agency pump water away from 12 homes.

The landlord of a popular Maldon pub has told of his new hope after the Supreme Court ruled insurance companies should pay businesses over losses from lockdown one.

The court ruling today (Friday, 15 January) will mean that thousands of small businesses across the country will receive pay outs from claims made to cover some of their losses.

If the weather forecasters are right, Maldon is set for snow during the day tomorrow (Saturday, 16 January).

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for heavy snow - not yellow snow! - from 3am until 8pm.

There aren't too many words needed to tell you about this video - the beautiful voices speak for themselves.

It was produced by a Maldon-based modern choir, with meetings in more normal times held in Maldon, Danbury and Chelmsford. However, it is for the time being meeting online and is welcoming new members.

Maldon District Council will close the play areas in Promenade Park from Friday, 15 January in a bid to help reduce the transmission of Covid-19.

A spokesperson for Maldon District Council said: We have seen an increase in the numbers of people visiting the park and not following social distancing rules, and evidence of visitors travelling from outside of the district to the Promenade Park which is against the current guidance.

The flooding situation across Maldon district has been worsening throughout the day with a number of areas and roads now affected.

The picture shown was taken this morning at Ferry Road in Creeksea in Burnham.

The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a public consultation on the design of the reactor intended for the proposed new nuclear power station at Bradwell.

Running until 4 April, the online exercise is being conducted as part of the EA's Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of the new reactor, the UK HPR1000.

There are reports of some flooding in different areas of the Maldon district this morning (Thursday, 14 January), including at Goldhanger.

It is believed that some roads in the village have been closed due to the hazardous conditions.

Heybridge Parish Council will be opening a foodbank offering essential items for residents needing support.

The foodbank will offer provisions for those needing help and will open its doors at Plantation Hall from 11am to 2pm each Friday, starting on 15 January.

The NHS trust running Broomfield Hospital has the second worst Covid death rate in England, figures suggest. Mid and South Essex Hospital Trust, which looks after Broomfield, Basildon and Southend hospitals, has had 1,313 Covid-related deaths during a total of more than 35,000 Covid bed days. The term 'Covid bed days' refers to the number of days that hospital beds have been occupied by Covid patients, with each day a Covid patient is an in-patient counting as one.

The figure for the three local hospitals equals a death rate of 37.27 per 1,000 Covid bed days.