News in Maldon

IT'S been another seven days of big news stories in Maldon, from news of a drive-in carol service at Promenade Park to the county council's ongoing battle to keep the area from moving into the highest level of pandemic restrictions – Tier Three – when the situation is reviewed.

Here at Nub News we like to make your life easier so if you've missed any of the local news this week, don't worry.

Maldon district businesses can now apply for a range of grants to help pay for adaptations made as a result of Covid-19.

The Essex Business Adaptation Grant scheme was announced in November by Essex County Council (ECC). The scheme will supply capital grants of up to £1,500 to local businesses experiencing added pressures since Essex was placed under Tier Two high level restrictions by the Government.

The Covid-19 seven-day infection rate for Maldon district has climbed to 137 per 100,000 - but is still well below the county and national average.

The Essex county area (which doesn't include Southend and Thurrock) now has a seven-day rate of 195 per 100,000. The national rate is currently around 150.6 per 100,000.

Promenade Park in Maldon will be the setting for a carol service with a difference this year.

The drive-in event will take place on Sunday, 20 December in the overflow car park beside the boating lake and is being hosted by Fullbridge Church.

Here Brian Harris shares the latest news and updates from Maldon's Limebrook u3a

The Limebrook u3a Interest Groups have continued to be active throughout the month and have found innovative ways of being in touch.

Maldon's Queen Victoria pub is to hold a Covid-secure Christmas Beer Festival featuring more than 45 real ales.

The event at the pub in Spital Road, Maldon, will take place from Saturday, 12 December to Sunday, 20 December and will run from noon to 10pm each day.

The number of children being seen with mental health issues in mid and south Essex - which includes the Maldon district - has increased by around 70 per cent in just four months.

Similarly, a general surge in demand for mental health services in mid and south Essex is likely to top more than 132,770 additional cases – largely driven by people needing support due to the wider impact of Covid-19.

Most British towns have grown so much over the ages that we enter them without noticing – there's no grand bridge or city gate. Instead, there are stretches of new housing estates and retail or industrial warehouses. Arriving on the A414 from Danbury we see all of these. But historically, a major entry point for the town was the road along The Causeway from Heybridge and over the Chelmer at Fullbridge.

This was the lowest point at which the Chelmer could be crossed, and in medieval times a toll of one penny was charged per cart or packhorse crossing the bridge. The modern building by the bridge known as the Toll House at the bottom of Market Hill serves as a reminder of this.

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IT'S been another seven days of big news stories in Maldon, from staff at a secondary school growing moustaches for charity through to early morning floods on Friday.

Here at Nub News we like to make your life easier so if you've missed any of the local news this week, don't worry.