News in Maldon

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.

The hospitals trust serving the Maldon district has announced that its first Covid vaccine hub is at Basildon Hospital - and jabs for the over-80s are starting tomorrow (Tuesday, 8 December).

A news release on the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which includes all hospitals in the area, states: "From Tuesday 8 December, we will begin offering Covid vaccinations at our hub at Basildon Hospital as part of the NHS vaccination programme.

A new online tool launched to show the potential effects of climate change in each area of the country suggests that Maldon could see summer temperatures of 38.4C if global average temperatures rise 2C above pre-industrial levels.

Met Office Hadley Centre scientists have been working with BBC data journalists to develop the new interactive tool to show how climate change might impact local weather in coming decades.

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of fog across the Maldon district running into the morning rush hour tomorrow (Monday, 7 December).

The warning is for the development of fog and icy patches covering a large area of the southeast, with Essex and the Maldon and Dengie area at the heart of it.

WITH Essex hit by floods in the past two days the fire service has issued a warning and advice to drivers following the dramatic rescue of a couple from a car stranded in deep water yesterday (Saturday, 5 December).

Firefighters launched a water rescue boat was launched to reach the vehicle in Millers Green Road, Ongar, after they drove into flood water and became trapped at around 10am.

A Christmas advent raffle offering prizes for the days running up to Christmas is a great idea – but the real winners of this local charity event will be young people who have undetected heart conditions.

The Charlotte Adams Memorial Fund was set up by a mum who wants to make sure that her daughter is not forgotten – and at the same time help to make sure that other young people can get the heart screenings that could potentially save them from being taken with sudden cardiac failure. This raffle will help provide community defibrillators, which can increase the chances of survival of a sudden cardiac attack by 90 per cent.

MALDON town centre will be the scene of bargains galore tomorrow as the High Street gets ready for Small Business Saturday.

Some shops and businesses will be offering discounts on purchases throughout the day tomorrow (Saturday, 5 December) for the event.

THE air ambulance service that serves Maldon district has just reached a remarkable milestone.

The lifesaving Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) charity has carried out 27,145 missions since it was formed in 1998, many of them in the Maldon district area. You can see where aircraft and crews attended in the district recently via the link here.

SANTA is continuing his journey by sleigh around the streets of Maldon and Heybridge over the coming days and weeks.

Maldon Rotary Club and Heybridge Blackwater Rotary Club both have a schedule of streets they will be coming to - and because of Covid-safety this year have set up a joint Just Giving page to raise money for local good causes.