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

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.

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.

A MALDON man has been charged with stealing £7,900 in meat and deli items from a petrol station in South Woodham Ferrers.

COWARDLY thieves stole "irreplaceable jewellery" from the Maldon home of Mrs Hinch's grieving mother, the influencer has claimed.

A Heybridge man has appeared in court and denied being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog.

A PAIR of drug dealers have been jailed for more than 10 years in total, for money laundering and running a cocaine supply network in Maldon.

TOUCHING tributes have been paid to the victims of a fatal crash in Althorne, as Essex Police seeks “vital information” to help its investigation.

The organisers of Maldon Carnival have issued a statement, after the former chairman admitted sexually assaulting a girl and possessing indecent images of children.