Coastguard teams were called to help a yacht which was dragging its anchor. At about 7.30am yesterday, Thames Coastguard tasked the West Mersea RNLI lifeboat and the South Woodham coastguard team to help the yacht with one person on board in the
Essex Air Ambulance landed in Morrisons car park in Maldon this morning to help a man who had fallen ill. The police were called at 8.50am today to help clear the car park in Limebrook Way so the helicopter could land. The man, aged in his
A university student will be tackling her first marathon in memory of her 19-year-old brother. Former Thurstable School pupil Rebecca Trout, of Tiptree, has already smashed her fundraising target and has been overwhelmed by donations from friends
Cement mixers, diesel fuel and a soil compactor were stolen from a treatment works after a lock was cut. The equipment was stolen overnight last Wednesday from a secure container at Langford Treatment Works, owned by Essex and Suffolk Water, in
A new medical centre is coming to Danbury to replace its "cramped and overcrowded" surgery. Work has started on a new medical centre to replace the 40-year-old building at Eve's Corner which is "unsuited" to modern health care services. Senior
IN spring-like weather, 29 Five Lakes seniors contested the popular George Jarvis Trophy played on the Lakes course. The trophy, presented in honour of a past member of the section, is played as an individual stableford qualifier. In the prevailing
A spring sale and coffee morning will be taking place in Burnham. The RBL women’s section will be holding the event from 10am - noon today, Saturday April 18, at the United Reformed Church in Station Road. Parking is available
Work has started on a retirement development. McCarthy and Stone has started constructing 29 privately-owned flats in Maldon for the over 60s. Celebrating the history of the town, the new development on Whitehorse Lane will officially be named
Frustrated villagers claim the NHS has made no contact with them over their proposal to reinstate a branch surgery. The Tolleshunt D’Arcy branch surgery closed on March 31 after its lease ran out and there was no scope to extend it. Yet despite
