News in Maldon

AN art exhibition where artists will share their creative practices and processes is coming to Maldon for most of October.

The exciting 'Unlocked' exhibition at the Maeldune Heritage Centre will give the group of East Anglian artists a valuable chance to showcase their work after the struggles presented by the Covid-19 pandemic.

A Maldon care home has been found 'oustanding' by the Quality and Care Commission (CQC) after ensuring that none of its residents contracted Covid-19 throughout the pandemic.

Firstlings retirement home, in the Street, Heybridge, has a reputation for excellence, having received an 'outstanding' rating in 2019 - but its achievement in keeping the establishment coronavirus free has been highlighted in the CQC report.

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RESIDENTS and businesses across Maldon district are being asked to give the council some feedback.

The online survey is aimed at giving local people a chance to have their say about Maldon District Council services and will be available to complete from next Monday (21 September).

HEALTH bosses are seeking the view of those living in Maldon district to help them understand why take-up of flu vaccinations is lower than hoped.

A spokesperson for Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said: "Not enough people are taking advantage of a free flu vaccination programme to help protect them and we'd like your views and experiences to understand what, if anything, we can do differently to make sure those most at risk are protected this winter.

MALDON is set for a sunny start to the week as a late summer mini-heatwave is forecast, with temperatures reaching up to 30 degrees Centigrade tomorrow (Tuesday).

The new Covid-19 restrictions come into force today, with the 'rule of six' meaning that groups of more than six people who are not from the same household are illegal whether meeting indoors or outdoors. Maldon Nub News will bring you updates on the latest infection figures for the district as they become available.

WHATEVER your view on the latest pandemic restrictions, this week's news on the spread of coronavirus will have left many with feelings they'd rather not have.

Just as the world seemed to be heading further down the road back to normal, in one way or another it seems as though 2020 hasn't quite done with us all yet.

A POET who has strong links to Maldon is writing her life story in three screen plays – for which she already has a director and producer.

Cassandra Swan, who still lives in the district in Tollesbury, is an internationally acclaimed poet who has written award-winning epic poems. Her other current projects include work with ballet choreographers to produce ballets based on two of her poems – one about the poet Sylvia Plath and the other a tribute to Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky.

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ST PETER'S Hospital is a familiar site to Maldon people and a provides friendly local NHS services, including maternity – but it has a much darker past.

With its grand exterior and dated yet somehow comforting interior - perhaps rather like the fifties hospital featured in popular TV series 'Call the Midwife' – any visitor could be forgiven for thinking that St Peter's, in Spital Road, had always been a hospital.