Police are launching a new scheme to protect the county’s heritage.

Heritage Watch is being launched today at Stow Maries Aerodrome. 

An Essex Police spokesman said: “Building on the success of Neighbourhood Watch and other watch schemes across Essex, Heritage Watch is a partnership between agencies that have a duty to protect our heritage, as well as encouraging members of the public who want to support and protect community assets to join.”

The new initiative follows the recent theft of an historic Maldon milestone marker near Maldon Cemetery.