News in Maldon

IT'S been another seven days of big news stories in Maldon, from news that Stow Maries will be opening the aerodrome's hangar doors to visitors once again through to changes in how residents can access lateral flow tests and, at the end of the week, news from a courtroom on the sentencing hearing of some of those involved in a cocaine supply conspiracy in the town.

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Everyone is finding it tough at the moment and wants life to get back to normal.

Every Saturday, Maldon Nub News brings you Car of the Week from Churchward Car Sales at Wycke Hill Business Park, Maldon.

This week our Car of the Week is this BMW 1 Series

St. Peter's Goldhanger is one of hundreds of churches around the world that will be taking part in special celebrations this June to mark the bicentenary of the invention of the 'Ellacombe Chimes' – a remarkable device to enable all the church bells to be rung by one person.

The Rev Henry Thomas Ellacombe was curate at St Mary's Church in Bitton in South Gloucestershire 200 years ago. Fed up with his bellringers' "wayward behaviour" he created a system with a set of pulleys to allow one trusted person to ring all the bells.

IT'S been another seven days of big news stories in Maldon, from the announcement of a three-day party festival planned for Osea Island in September through to police and council officers working together on an large-scale operation to stop fly-tippers.

We have you covered with 10 of the top stories right here.

Maldon Nub News aims to be supportive to EVERY element of the community from business and shops to people and charities and clubs and sports organisations.

Everyone is finding it tough at the moment and wants life to get back to normal.

Both the company behind the proposals for Bradwell B new nuclear power station and a campaign group against the development have given their response to the end of the Environment Agency's (EA) public consultation on the design of the nuclear reactor.

The public consultation on the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of the 'UK HPR1000' reactor, which is planned for use at Bradwell B, closed on Sunday, 4 April.

Each weekend, Maldon Nub News will bring you Car of the Week from Churchward Car Sales at Wycke Hill Business Park, Maldon.

This week our Car of the Week is this lovely Fiat 500

INSPECTORS who paid an unannounced visit to the hospitals trust that manages Broomfield and St Peter's found there are "effective processes in place" to keep patients safe from infection.

The focused inspection was carried out on 17 February at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust after there had been more than one outbreak of Covid-19 transmission within the trust's three main hospitals, which include Basildon, Southend and Broomfield.

Independent Kevin Lagan has announced he is to stand for the Maldon division seat on Essex County Council in the local elections on Thursday, 6 May.

Kevin is a serving councillor on both Maldon Town Council and Maldon District Council.