A NEW health hub should be built at St Peter’s Hospital in Maldon amid “rapid investment over the next five years”, the NHS has been told.

A FREE festival celebrating Essex’s “rich history” will be held at Cressing Temple Barns this summer, showcasing the county’s heritage.

THE LAST bank in the Maldon District will close, with a new banking hub planned to open in its place, Santander has announced.

A COMPETITOR has suffered a medical emergency at the Maldon Little Ship Club annual row race this afternoon (March 1).

MUSIC lovers can sip cocktails over a discussion about their favourite records, in a new club opening at Ginny’s cocktail bar in Maldon.

A popular Maldon pub will feature on BBC One’s Morning Live programme, as part of Eastenders’ 40th anniversary celebrations.

Flo Shaughnessy - a town councillor, active local volunteer and former Mayor of Maldon - has died.

PRECIOUS training to preserve Maldon's iconic red-sailed barges will be funded thanks to a £19,600 grant.

A VETERAN from Burnham has overcome life-threatening illness to win a silver medal at the Invictus Games in Canada.

WATCH RAF veteran Sara Howarth, from Burnham-On-Crouch, compete for Team UK in Wheelchair Curling at the Invictus Games in Canada.

Essex councils have been accepted onto the Devolution Priority Programme, which could see more powers handed over by central government.

Burnham’s sporting superstar tells Caroline Coastal how her brain “exploding” ended her RAF career, ahead of the Invictus Games in Canada.

Holocaust victims’ stories are being remembered in an exhibition at Maldon’s Combined Military Services Museum, 80 years on.

A LARGE BLAZE at a farm in Burnham has seen fire crews from across the county sent to tackle it, amid fears it could spread.

The new head of Essex County Council says “big changes” lie ahead amid the government's plans for devolution.

Caroline Coastal FM presenter Ellie Boyce reviews the Maldon Pantomime Society's performance of King Arthur.

A 21-year-old man who was killed in a car crash in Purleigh has been named, as his family paid tribute their "much-loved son".

Organisations planning to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day in May are encouraged to apply for funding from Maldon Town Council.

A YOUNG man has died and another has been arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous driving, following a crash in Purleigh.

Maldon Town Council are celebrating the successful debut of Light Up Maldon, which saw the Christmas lights switched on in the High Street.