Stallholders on Butt Lane feel 'victimised' and that they are being 'forced into early retirement', after the council announced it will scrap the historic market.

Traders say they rely on the market as their main source of income and that the council's plan to end it is 'disgusting.' 

Food stallholder, Maureen Bissell, speaks to The Standard on behalf of the Butt Lane market community.

For a special report, see next week's Maldon & Burnham Standard