News in Maldon

MALDON has one new Special Sergeant and two new Special Constables, thanks to support from Maldon Town Council.

Special Sergeant Jack Witney, Special Constable Bryan Trigg and Special Constable Liz Edwards are taking up their roles under the Community Special Constable scheme, which is unique to Essex Police.

ESSEX should build at least three new park and ride sites by 2030, a climate commission recommendation has said.

Surface transport in the UK emits more greenhouse gases than any other industry or sector.

A Maldon charity that supports young family carers is inviting people to enter a Christmas card competition to help raise vital funds.

Action for Carers, based in Brickhouse Farm in Poulton Close, has a deadline of Friday 4 December for the competition, with a £3 entry fee.

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.

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.

A Maldon town councillor has spoken of her outrage at those who ask for planning permission after building work has gone ahead.

Councillor Carlie Mayes spoke out at a meeting of Maldon Town Council's Planning Committee yesterday (Monday, 16 November) evening when debating a planning application to add roof windows to a new single-storey building to the rear of 119, High Street. The development sits within a designated Conservation Area.

AN Essex Police operation has seen imported weapons and drugs seized before they make it onto the county's streets.

Essex Police and UK Border Force have been working closely on a faster referral system for dealing with drugs, prohibited weapons and firearms components that are flown into the UK through a postal hub near Heathrow.

A NEW app has been launched today (Monday, 16 November) to help Essex parents and carers know what to do when their child is ill.

The app, called the NHS Essex Child Health App, has been created using the knowledge and skills of doctors and other child health care experts from across the county. It provides self-care tips and advice to the parents and carers of children aged 0 to 11.

Paul Madge, a Past Chair of Limebrook U3A, organises and leads the Limebrook U3A Photoshop Group. Here in his own words and photographs from some of the members, he tells us more.

It's one of the great advantages of retirement that you have time to indulge in hobbies that you know are likely to become time-consuming. It's one of the great advantages of being in a U3A that you can easily find other people who share the same interest. So it was with the Photoshop group (Using the Adobe photoshop elements program).

It's the very last day to have your say in Maldon District Council's public consultation on proposed changes to the High Street.

The online survey ends today (Monday, 16 November).