News in Maldon

AMAZING vintage engines and fabulous steampunk outfits were the order of the day at Maldon's Museum of Power yesterday (Sunday, 20 September).

As the sun shone down on the show field of the popular attraction in Hatfield Road, Langford, engineers displayed a variety of machines and the nostalgic scent of a different age hung heavy on the air.

PLANS to make Maldon – and the rest of the county – greener have been revealed by Essex's climate change thinktank.

Three new 'park and choose' and e-cargo bike pilots should be planned as part of Essex County Council's programme to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases being produced by transport in Essex.

A MALDON firm is set to carry out the restoration of the world famous HMS Ganges.

The role of TS Rigging, of Downs Road - boat specialists based in Maldon for more than 20 years - was revealed in a detailed planning application made to Babergh District Council in Suffolk.

MALDON'S Museum of Power will be holding an Essextraordinary Steampunk Market tomorrow (Sunday 20 September) from 10am to 4pm.

The event at the popular attraction in Hatfield Road, Langford, will be held on the museum's large show field with stallholders selling steampunk Victorian and sci-fi clothes, jewellery, crafts, crystals and jewels, toys, cards and stationery and artwork.

ANY Maldon people planning a trip to Southend this weekend should take heed of a safety warning issued by Essex RNLI.

The lifeboat charity fears visitors could be stranded on the mudflats, cut off by unusually high spring tides.

MALDON district's RNLI lifeboat station at Burnham-on-Crouch was a stopping off point for two cyclists who are making their way round the entire English and Welsh coasts for the charity.

Kate Bourn and Beth Barratt have taken on the 1,500-mile journey as both were furloughed – and decided they wanted to fill their time with a purpose.

A MALDON man has been given a restraining order after he admitted stalking a woman in north east London.

Alan Woods, 52, of Lake Mead, was sentenced at Barkingside Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, 8 September to a five-year restraining order against the victim and 200 hours unpaid work after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

IN her latest regular contribution to Maldon Nub News, nature writer Jo Phillips talks all about the bees.

Autumn may seem to be an unusual time to discuss bees as spring is normally the time when they hit the local social media pages with their swarming habits, but more on that in spring - for now they are without doubt the pin-up stars of the insect world and with their pollinating superpowers they deserve some attention, awareness and a spot of planning if we are to help them as much as possible.

THE idea that building more new homes in Maldon will make them more affordable for local people is behind government plans to more than double the number each year, councillors heard today (Thursday, 17 September).

Speaking to Maldon District Council's Strategy and Resources Committee, the council's lead specialist for place, Matt Leigh, said: "One of the big problems is the adjustment to the market calculation - where it's about house prices being quite expensive compared to salaries in the district.

On Monday 14 September, we were pleased to welcome Mr John Whittingdale, MP, into our Mill Road Campus where our Executive Principal, Mr Carl Wakefield, provided him with a full operational tour whilst over 600 Years' 7 and 8 students were in lessons.

Mr Wakefield also clarified with Mr Whittingdale that it had been a superb start back after a near six month lay-off as a fully operational academy and that attendance was currently sitting at 96% - for our new Year 7 on day one it was 99.3%!