Up to 1,600 jobs are to be lost at 12 Magnox nuclear power sites by September next year, the company has announced. Eleven of the plants have already shut down and the only one in operation, Wylfa on Anglesey in North Wales, is due to stop generating
JUST days after smashing the World Hour Record, Alex Dowsett’s glorious May continued. Last week he won the 26.1km fourth stage time-trial of Germany’s top stage race, the Bayern Rundfahrt, and in doing so took the race lead by a mere two seconds
MALDON got back to winning ways by securing a comfortable seven-wicket win at Elmstead in Marshall Hatchick Two Counties Championship Division One. Bowling first on a responsive pitch, Jack Riley and Gary Bannister bowled well at the start without
BURNHAM Sports have been hit with another setback, with hard-hitting batsman Rob Layzell ruled out for up to two months with a broken finger. Layzell, renowned for his attacking style, suffered the injury in a pre-season friendly but only had it
MALDON and Tiptree chairman Ed Garty has thanked departing manager Alan Kimble for all his work with the club. Kimble stepped down as manager of the Jammers on Saturday afternoon. Kimble, who took over as manager with the Jammers sitting bottom
KEVIN Watson has set his sights on leading Maldon and Tiptree to promotion after being appointed as the club’s new manager. The 41-year-old former Spurs youngster has taken over in the Park Drive hot seat after replacing Alan Kimble, who stepped
A team preparing to row the Atlantic are embarking on a 36-hour practice row, across the North Sea. Burnham-based team Ocean Reunion, made up of Joe Barnett, 24 and Gus Barton, Jack Mayhew, and Angus Collins, all 25, plan to cross the Atlantic
Police have found Stephen Rider who has been missing from his home in Wickford for more than a week. Stephen, 58, was last seen at his home in Ruthven Close at about 1.30pm on Monday, May 11, 2015. He was found just after 2pm today in South
Usually people visit Burnham-on-Crouch to witness its natural beauty. But from June 20-28 hordes of people will arrive to see man-made art as the Burnham Arts Trail transforms the area into a lively gallery. For a brochure, more information
Police are appealing for information about an attempted house burglary. Thieves attempted to break in to the property in Fennfields Road, South Woodham Ferrers, sometime between 5pm on Saturday May 16 and 1am the following morning. Anyone with
A plea has been sent to a planning inspector to approve Maldon’s housing sites before developers force permission to concrete over large swathes of the district. Inspector David Vickery last week rejected Maldon District Council’s Local Development
An organisation running historic sailing barges has received an award for excellence in business. Topsail Charters won a ‘Highly Commended’ Award, in the Best Small Attraction category at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence. The business
A youth team football manager was punched twice in the face twice after a row broke out following a match in Burnham. Burnham Ramblers Under 14s were playing at home to Great Leighs Youth Team when the assault followed the match. The Great
A devastated family have paid tribute to a “dearly loved wife, mother, grandmother and friend”. Well-known Gillian Edwards, 61, of Heybridge Basin, died after her black Smart car struck a lamp-post in Main Road, Boreham. Her family issued the
