News in Maldon

Accusations that Essex County Council's Conservative administration have dropped "sound finance" from their 2021/22 budget have been rejected, with the claim said to be "nothing further from the truth".

The Liberal Democrats claim "difficult decisions that are inevitable" are being "put off" and the budget depends on unnamed cuts, which its finance officer says runs a risk of not being delivered.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out his 'road map' for how the nation will emerge from the current lockdown restrictions.

This time there are no 'tiers' or regional restrictions. Maldon has been under Tier 4 restrictions - in effect very similar to a full lockdown - since shops closed on the 19 December.

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Some of a group of travellers who stayed overnight at a Maldon leisure centre car park appear to have left the site this morning (Monday, 22 February).

Maldon District Council (MDC) is working with the county council and Essex Police to resolve the situation after the travellers arrived and parked their caravans at the Blackwater Leisure Centre in Park Drive yesterday.

Maldon District Council will set its 2021/22 council tax at a meeting tomorrow evening (Tuesday, 23 February).

Members of the full council will vote on a recommendation by officers to increase Band D council tax by £5 - equivalent to 1.93 per cent - taking it to £207.40.

A single case of the South African variant of Covid-19 means surge testing will now be carried out in the Brentwood area, Essex County Council has announced.

In a statement issued today (Sunday, 21 February) a spokesperson said: "We are beginning surge testing (additional community testing for people who do not have any Covid-19 symptoms) in the CM13 area of Brentwood.

The following is an article from Heybridge U3A:

Perhaps it was inauspicious to have our last AGM on Friday 13th March 2020. In normal times Heybridge U3A meets each month in Plantation Hall and usually we would be preparing now for our next AGM but this past year has, as we all know, been different.

Census 2021 will take place on Sunday, 21 March - and any Maldon district residents who are worried about completing the forms online can now get help through the process.

The census will open on Monday, 1 March and although the census date is set at 21 March, people will have from 1 March and through April to complete it.

AN appeal for witnesses has been made by police after two teenage girls at the main gates of Maldon's Promenade Park car park were inappropriately approached by a man who grabbed them.

The incident happened on Sunday (31 January) at around 2.30pm when the man tried to engage the girls in conversation. As the girls attempted to leave, the unknown male grabbed them by the arms. The girls pulled away and the man shortly left the area in the direction of the High Street.

Essex County Council has warned that while the infection rate across the county - including in Maldon - is dropping, it is still vital that the community continues to follow pandemic guidance to take cases down further.

There is also a reminder that, wherever possible, residents who cannot work from home are advised to take regular lateral flow tests - now available at West Maldon Community Centre in Sunbury Way - without booking.