News in Maldon

We enter Christmas in the midst of a national emergency that has brought great sacrifice and loss. But 106 years ago, the nation was beginning its first Christmas in a devastating war that took countless lives and was followed five years later by a global pandemic that cruelly targeted young people, in many cases the very people who had survived four years of fighting.

The Roll of Honour for Maldon lists 248 young men who died in the Great War. They represent all three services, and regiments up and down the country, but understandably there are many who served in our county regiment, the Essex Regiment, now represented by C (Essex) Company, the Royal Anglian Regiment.

IT'S been another seven days of big news stories in Maldon, which went from news of the district entering Tier 3 restrictions through to the shock of new Tier 4 rules and the spoiling of so many Christmas plans. Yet for all that, there have been moments of hope and charity, too.

Here at Nub News we like to make your life easier so if you've missed any of the local news this week, don't worry. We have even added two more articles to the usual 10 because it's been such a newsy week.

The latest Covid infection rates across Essex are still climbing in all areas with Maldon district recording 352.7 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to Tuesday, 15 December.

It is important to note that the figure for this period could still rise as not all results for tests taken up to and including that date may yet be in.

The chief executive of the company behind the proposals for Bradwell B has hailed Ofgem's decision to grant it an electricity generation licence as "an important milestone on the journey to completing the project".

But anti-nuclear campaigners have branded energy regulator Ofgem's decision as "reckless and premature".

Maldon District Council's offices in Princes Road will go live as a Covid vaccination centre today (Friday, 18 December).

The building has been undergoing extensive preparations in recent days to help facilitate the biggest-ever NHS vaccine rollout the country has ever seen.

The ambulance service serving the Maldon district has appealed to the public to show respect to call-handling staff after revealing shocking evidence of abuse.

The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has released an audio clip which features a member of staff in the emergency control room being subjected to a torrent of abuse by a caller who made a series of non-emergency 999 calls.

A Maldon care home resident had her festive wish come true with extras thrown in after saying that all she wanted for Christmas was a magazine.

Iris, who lives in Hayley House, was asked to write down what she would like as a festive gift as part Maldon Tesco Extra's Christmas Wishingtree project.

The first patient to receive the Covid vaccine in the local area was an 84-year-old pensioner.

Andrew Fenton was the very first patient to receive their Covid

Choir members from a Maldon church will be appearing on The One Show on Thursday (17 December).

Members of the choir from St Mary's Church, Maldon, are singing as part of a "Winter Wonderland" experience being specially organised as a surprise for a family who have had a particularly hard time through the Covid crisis.

A garden centre popular with Maldon folk has raised a whopping £10,000-plus for charity in this bleakest of years.

Perrywood Garden Centre in Tiptree has raised the cash for its charities of the year. This year, they are Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity, Kids Inspire and Greenfingers Charity. The funds were raised throughout the year across a range of activities involving customers and staff.