News in Maldon

Maldon & Tiptree bowed out of the FA Cup at home to a League Two side for a second successive season.

Morecambe, the visitors from League 2, were desperate to avoid a cup upset and had a penalty in the 43rd minute from Forward Adam Phillips to thank for securing their place in the Second Round of the competition.

The following is a letter from Conservative Councillor Elaine Bamford, leader of the Conservative group and leader of the opposition at Maldon District Council.

Dear Readers,

FOOTBALL pundits were quick to praise Maldon and Tiptree after they bowed out of the FA Cup at the hands of Football League Morecambe today (Sunday, 8 November).

The Jammers gave their all in an extremely close tie and late in the game had a couple of chances to at least force extra time, but in the end they went down by the game's only goal, which came from the penalty spot two minutes before half time after keeper Ben McNamara conceded a penalty converted by Adam Phillips.

AS there will be no Remembrance Service at the town's war memorial this year due to the second national lockdown, there are a few different ways in which local residents can now pay their respects.

Maldon Town Council and Salvation Army have prepared a Remembrance Service video to be released on Remembrance Sunday (tomorrow, 8 November) at 10.30am. There will be a two minutes' silence at 11am.

MALDON'S Heritage Marine Foundation has been given a £17,500 Government heritage lifeline grant.

The foundation, based in the Downs Road boatyard, is one of 77 heritage organisations to receive a slice of the latest £14million funding from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The grant is from The Cultural Recovery Fund for Heritage.

MALDON customers of phone giant EE are facing a third consecutive weekend of phone signal loss.

The telecommunications company revealed last weekend that the repeated disruption to services was down to upgrade work on two masts affecting the local area - after Maldon Nub News contacted the EE press office to find out what was going on in response to local complaints.

Throughout this second national lockdown, Maldon Nub News will feature occasional articles on local or nearby beauty spots and places to take some outdoor exercise - in the hope of bringing you some fresh inspiration.

Maldon Wick Nature Reserve

MALDON drivers may want to know that one carriageway of a large section of the A12 will be closed during the daytime this weekend (7 and 8 November) and every Friday, Saturday and Sunday up to Christmas.

The massive resurfacing project will see closures of the busy road from 8am to 6pm between junction 19 near Chelmsford and junction 25, close to Marks Tey, at weekends. The work is scheduled to end on Sunday, 20 December.

The following article is from Maldon's Limebrook u3a group, which has moved many of its usual activities onto Zoom this month. Chairman Brian Harris will be writing regular updates and articles for Maldon Nub News:

Our Interest Groups have been active during the month and here are details of some of the activities that are taking place:

Maldon District Council has produced this short video to encourage local people to get some outdoor exercise during the new national lockdown.

A spokesperson said: "We want people to exercise in a Covid secure way and we have so many beautiful places in the district where this can be done in line with the guidance.