News in Maldon

The air ambulance that serves Maldon district is to hold a free Christmas online event.

To recognise the support the charity has received from the people and businesses of the area during the pandemic, staff have created an Online Christmas Celebration for Thursday, 17 December.

A Grays pensioner was the first person in the region that includes Maldon to be vaccinated with the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine yesterday (Tuesday, 8 December)..

Frederick Benton, 94, a World War II veteran, was selected to be the first person to be vaccinated at Basildon and Thurrock Hospital – one of 50 hubs across the country chosen to administer initial does of the new jab.

The Maldon police team showed their softer side yesterday evening (Tuesday, 8 December) after coming to the aid of an injured cat.

Officers found the poorly feline, which appeared to have been hit by a vehicle, during patrols in the South Woodham Ferrers area and rushed it to an emergency vet.

The RNLI charity has lost millions of pounds in expected income this year – and now Maldon district people whose lives have been saved by the lifeboat volunteers are coming forward to give their backing to the Christmas campaign.

Maldon Town Mayor Abdul Hafiz made the RNLI one of his charities of the year because he was saved with others after a fishing trip ran into trouble off the cost of West Mersea in the 1990s.

How many people can guess who is the most searched-for person on Wikipedia in Maldon?

The Pudding website has created a people map of the UK, replacing town names with their 'most Wikipedia-ed' resident.

The A12 is currently closed due to an oil tanker fire between junction 17 and the Maldon junction (18).

Firefighters were called to the blaze on the A12, northbound between junction 17 and 18, at around 11am this morning.

A formal notice of the latest councillor vacancy has been issued by Maldon District Council (MDC).

The notice posted on the council's website today (Tuesday, 8 December) tells of the vacancy created by last month's resignation of Conservative councillor Elaine Bamford, who represented the Tollesbury ward.

The following is a news update from Maldon District Community Volunteer Service (MDCVS) director, Sarah Troop.

Throughout the second lockdown the community coronavirus response team were available to respond to requests from the community for food and medicine provision. Calls to the

The fabulous new organ at a Maldon church took centre stage at an Advent Carol Service on Sunday (6 December).

The beautiful sound of the German organ was matched only by the voices of the choir at St Mary's Church in Church Street.

Another Met Office warning of fog across the Maldon district has been issued - from 4pm today (Monday, 7 December) through to 11am tomorrow morning.

The yellow warning states that fog is likely to start thickening up at around 4pm, causing visibility to drop below 100 metres, with very poor visibility in patches.