THOUSANDS of children with additional needs enjoyed a two-day festival specially designed to give them a summer day out with their families.

RESIDENTS across the Maldon District have reported hearing an explosion, as a huge plume of smoke was seen towering over an Essex village this afternoon (July 24).

A MOTHER and daughter who died after getting into difficulty in the water off the coast of West Mersea have been named by their family.

FANS of Maldon & Tiptree Football Club are pushing for the club to be sold "urgently", after the co-owners were charged with further sexual offences amid a major police investigation.

TWO men arrested as part of a major sex trafficking investigation have been charged with further sexual offences.

MALDON has appointed its first openly-gay mayor, in more than 300 years of the role.

A MALDON town councillor has been charged amid a police investigation into alleged sex trafficking and other sexual offences.

ESSEX County Council elections have seen three out of four seats won by Reform UK in the Maldon district.

THE co-owners of Maldon & Tiptree Football Club will appear in court today (May 8) charged with offences including rape, sexual assault and modern slavery trafficking for sexual exploitation.

ITV has shelved a documentary series following Maldon and Tiptree FC, after owner Barrie Drewitt-Barlow was reportedly arrested during an investigation into suspected sex trafficking offences.

A POLLING station has been relocated in a "very late change" following an ongoing police investigation, Maldon District Council has announced.

TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking for sexual exploitation, rape and other sexual offences, as part of a major Essex Police investigation.

A MAJOR Maldon bus route will be extended to Chelmsford from this week, with extra capacity added.

THE PREVIOUSLY DEFUNCT station at Langford and Ulting will be recommissioned, in plans to replace the Museum of Power's miniature railway with high-speed trains.

AN AWARD-WINNING nature reserve in Maldon has reopened, less than a year after wildlife habitats were "obliterated" in a devastating blaze.

THE UK Government has made its decision on the future of councils in Essex and across the country, including Maldon District Council.

Hub on the Hill aims to 'build a more connected and caring Maldon' while tackling social and financial struggles in the town.

MALDON Town Council has issued a statement after the former chairman of Maldon Carnival was jailed for sexual offences towards children.

THE PAEDOPHILE former chairman of Maldon Carnival has been jailed for 12 years, after committing offences against more than a dozen victims.

This Morning presenter Josie Gibson has been spotted filming a new ITV series in Burnham-on-Crouch.