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The Dengie D-Caf, dementia support group St. Georges Day, Althorne The Dengie D-Caf provides support to people living with In aid of of Burnham RNLI and it's a St. George's Day Event with dementia, their carers, family and friends, living on the Dengie tea, cake and singing! Sat 25 April, 2pm, in St. Andrew's Church peninsula. Hall in Althorne, CM3 6BY. Tickets cost £7 and can be In view of current advice about coronavirus Covid-19 our purchased from 01621 744912 or 740481. monthly meetings are suspended. For the time being we shall be keeping in regular phone contact with existing members, Creeksea Cinema Night continuing to provide mutual support and friendship, and Sat Apr 25 2020 at 06:30 pm signposting to other services as appropriate. Creeksea Place Manor House, Ferry Road, Burnham-on-Crouch If you are not a member but would like some more information or to have an informal chat, please contact us on: 01621 783946 Easter Photo Shoots Wed April 15th 2020 at 09:30 am Rural Outcasts live at the Queen's Head Burnham-on-Crouch Parlour Cafe, Creeksea Place Farm, Ferry Road, Burnham-on- Sat April 04 2020 at 07:30 pm Crouch, Essex, CM0 8PJ. The Queens Head, 26 Providence, Burnham on Crouch, CM0 Get your bunny ears at the ready! 8JU Carrar is with us for Easter themed photo shoots throughout the day. Fast On The Draw (Covers) at The New Welcome Sailor, - Suitable for unaided sitters up to age 11. Burnham-On-Crouch - Maximum of 3 children in each session Sat April 11th 2020 - 30 Minute shoot 9pm - 11.30pm - Receive up to 10 digital images on USB Entry: FREE Contact Carrar on 07450 410656. Fast On The Draw are a 4 piece covers band from mid-Essex and we play an eclectic mix of best stuff, from all decades. Playing big sing along choruses alongside material to get people Circus Skills Workshops dancing. Rock/Pop/Indie probably best describes the genres we Thu April 16th 2020 at 10:00 am tackle. Parlour Cafe, Creeksea Place Farm, Ferry Road, Burnham-on- Crouch, Essex, CM0 8PJ Join us at The Parlour Cafe for lots of fun in our Circus Skills workshops with Circus Allstars! !"#$%&$'()*+ Workshops will include juggling, stilts, diablo, poi, tight wire, hoola, pedal go and more! Tickets are £12 each or 2 for £20 and are on sale now! Tickets are £12 each or two for £20. Call us on 01621 786503 or pop into the cafe.
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ST ANDREW’S ALTHORNE
Our poor old church is in desperate need of some help. Time has taken its toll on this lovely 14th century church and some very serious cracks have appeared, which are going to be very costly to resolve. Whether you are a regular churchgoer or not the church is the centre of our community and we need to come to its aid.
ST ANDREW’S AUTOFEST
Saturday, 20 June 2020
Elm Farm, Maldon Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex CMO 8NT A group of likeminded enthusiasts in the village have decided to run a vehicle show to raise money for the repair fund. The show is taking place at Elm Farm on the road between Althorne and Burnham and we hope to attract all sorts of interesting vehicles from bikes and cars to tractors and static engines. There will be many attractions including an autojumble, trade stands, music and food, plus things to keep the young ones amused. Exhibitors will be admitted free of charge and trade stands will be charged at just £10.00 per 4x4m slot, charities will be asked for a donation only. Food vendors will be charged by arrangement. If you would like to join us, please send a confirmation email to De fib boxes are been fixed on the walls in various locations [email protected] or telephone 01621 around Burnham and surrounding areas on behalf of the Dengie 740795/07748666066 as soon as possible. We will send out First Responders. registration documents in March 2020. A non-refundable deposit will be required for trade stands to secure your pitch, with final payments made by 30th April 2020. Below is a list of locations: This event is being run exclusively for the church repair fund. We Althorne Parish Hall, Althorne would like to run a raffle to be drawn on the day and we are looking Althorne Caravan Park, Althorne for prizes. If you think you could help please contact us. It's a good Blackwater Bistro, Maylandsea way of promoting your business locally at very little cost. Bradwell on Sea Community Shop Come and join us for what we hope will be a lasting legacy to the Burnham on Crouch Golf Club B.o.C community. Burnham marina B.o.C Thank you. Corinthian Boat House B.o.C Council Office B.o.C Coop B.o.C Doctors Car Ppark, Southminster Directa Cold Norton Huttons B.o.C Latchingdon Lion, Latchingdon Old phone box, Old Heath Road Queen's Head, Southminster Rio Cinema B.o.C Rose Inn, Southminster Southminster Station, Southminster Steeple Star, Steeple St Lawrence Village Hall Victory Hall, Mundon
If you know of others that are not listed, please let me know.
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Lottery Fund Advice Sessions Dengie Village Friends Maldon and District CVS are pleased to offer one hour advice Connecting you to your Community sessions with the National Lottery community fund local advisor Danielle Lawrence. The free sessions will provide an opportunity Coronavirus to discuss an application to the Reaching Communities programme Local Response which offers grants of over £10,000 for up to five years.
The Coronavirus outbreak is moving at pace and Maldon and Local community groups and charities are invited to book into a District CVS is working with a large number of community partners session if they have a project idea that could benefit from funding. to offer a coordinated approach to offers of support and requests Of particular interest are idea that can help make a positive change for help. to a community through bringing people together, making improvements to places and spaces that matter or helping people At this time the community will need to pull together to ensure the to reach t heir potential. most vulnerable in our community are supported and have everything they need. The Salvation Army will be co-ordinating The surgery will take place at the MDCVS Offices in Heybridge grocery provision (see below) and we will be linking with a network with a limited number of places. To register your interest please of coordinators across the district in the form of charities, parish contact MDCVS Director Sarah Troop on 01621 851891 or email councils and community leaders to ensure that volunteers are [email protected] recruited and matched with those in need. M&DCVS AND VOLUNTEER CENTRE DROP-IN We will be looking for people to drive supplies to hubs, to deliver The Volunteer Centre Drop-in has been cancelled until further groceries to the door, to donate groceries to a hub, to help with notice. However, please do email [email protected] administration or to make ‘safe and well’ checks by telephone. All or visit www.volunteeressex.org for more information on general contributions will be welcomed, no matter how small. volunteering enquiries. Understandably some organisations have withdrawn their volunteering opportunities at this time as their If you want to help or are worried about getting support please focus is elsewhere. call 01621 851997 to get in touch with the local delivery effort or call 0300 303 9988 to speak to the Live Well Link Well team who If you would like to support the local emergency response effort can help to put you in touch with services. please call 01621 851997.
Emergency Food Distribution The Salvation Army Charity shop on Maldon High Street has committed to being a drop point for anyone wishing to make PHOTO OF THE MONTH donations of food to the Salvation Army’s food distribution response. Salvation Army are also working hard to put procedures COMPETITION in place so that their Church Hall, on Wantz Road, remains open as much as possible for the donation, sorting and distribution of food.
Requests are already being received with first basic food drops due to commence around 20th March.
The Elim Church in Wantz Road which operates Maldon Food Pantry is working in tandem with the Salvation Army and their service will continue as usual.
For further information on donating food or volunteering please call 01621 851997.
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A local carers’ charity needs Telephone Befrienders to contact WINNER CASH PRIZE £20 EACH MONTH Carers and older people across Essex. Telephone Befrienders OPEN TO ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS provide support on the telephone to those that may be socially THE WINNING PHOTO WILL BE FEATURED IN THE MAGAZINE AND isolated, offering understanding and companionship. This is more AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED INTO OUR 2021 important now than ever. As a volunteer you will be expected to PRINTED CALENDAR, be empathetic, understanding and able to deal with difficult and SO GET CLICKING AND SEND IN THOSE PHOTOS BY MON 27TH MARCH for the MARCH WINNER. emotive conversations. In return you will be offered an interesting and rewarding experience, with ongoing training and EMAIL TO [email protected] OR POST THEM development, in a supportive environment. Please email ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE HEADED PHOTO COMPETITION [email protected] or call 01621 851891 if you are able to help. ONLY ONE WINNER PER MONTH ALL PHOTOS MUST BE GOOD QUALITY AND AT LEAST Town Mayor of Maldon’s Award 1 MB IN SIZE FOR REPRODUCTION AND OF LOCAL INTEREST. Some good news! Maldon and District Community Voluntary DECISIONS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE EDITOR Service are proud and delighted to be the recipients of this year’s ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHTED TO YOU AND WE Town Mayor’s Award for Services to the Community. Director WILL HAVE YOUR PERMISSION TO USE THEM. Sarah Troop and staff member Catherine Kennelly were present at the ceremony on 10th March to receive the Award from Town NO AGE LIMIT Mayor Flo Shaughnessy. WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL AND FACEBOOK
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The Great ‘Why Couldn’t They See It Coming’ Debate
I wrote last month of the tragic death figures related to “smart” to have read the Focus back in March 2018 and taken action and motorways. Nine in ten drivers feel unsafe on these roads and with maybe lives would have been saved… The person chairing this group good reason. I am so incensed by the stupidity of both the was none other than Sir Mike Penning, the very man who as Minister Government and Highways England in this matter that I feel obliged to approved the roll-out after the pilot. He has since said that he had been return to it. I apologise if I risk boring the reader but the profile of this misled about the risks of taking away the hard shoulder! What a lunacy needs to be raised at all levels including local in the hope we will buffoon, any reasonably intelligent person with a grain of common return to our conventional motorways with a permanent hard shoulder sense could foresee that it was inherently dangerous and would lead across our entire motorway infrastructure. to more deaths on our already dangerous motorways. What he effectively rubberstamped was permission to put drivers in the firing The scheme was introduced in 2010 after a seemingly successful pilot line without anywhere to shelter. I think the prefix Sir is sometimes a on the M42 near Birmingham. The pilot made the hard shoulder active warning of how incompetent one can be! (Present company exempted with emergency refuge stopping points every 500metres. The first roll- that is.) out increased the intervals to 600metres until today where some can be as far apart as 2,500metres! Yes, two and half kilometres…talk And yet the Government is still talking of investing more in this scheme about mission creep and getting the balance between costs and lives with promises of installing radar detection across the smart motorway spectacularly wrong! No driver can predict at exactly what precise network within the next three years and of increasing the frequency location on a motorway he or she will encounter problems. Refuge of the safe stop laybys. Oh dear! Just stand in the middle of the bridge areas spaced that far apart are more than likely to be unreachable. between the Fleet services over the M3 and watch the traffic go by. It is like watching bullets being fired out of a gun…anything not moving Now, the proponents of smart motorways will talk of the economic in that shooting gallery is fair game! benefits of keeping the traffic flowing in our land. They will also assure us that once a vehicle is stationary it is immediately detected and the I also wanted to revisit the issues around Terrorist Release, Private lane is closed off. Well not physically, just visually that is with an Landlords, Social Housing, Hospital Agency Staff, Environmental electronic red cross that may escape the attention of the careless Service, School Academies and the Public Purse but I have probably driver or invoke disdain from the uncaring driver. written enough for this month and for the stamina of the reader.
However this becomes a lesser issue when we learn that immediate Just one last note, Belinda is almost there, in fact as I sign off I am off detection is a lie. It is often reliant on people sitting watching screens to the hospital with Daphne and hope to report a new arrival in our being constantly vigilant and reacting accordingly. At the time of family very soon… writing only two sections of the M25 have the Car Detection System. On average it has taken 17 minutes for a car to be spotted and a Yours In Exasperation but also Keen Anticipation, further 17 minutes to be rescued. Anyone who has broken down and sought shelter on a traditional hard shoulder will tell us how Brigadier Sir Arthur Thurlow-Lee threatening an environment that is. Imagine being stranded on a live lane. It is like playing Russian Roulette with a six barrel more loaded than empty. On one section of the M25, in the five years prior to smart motorways, there were 72 near misses. For the five year period after, when the hard shoulder was taken away, there were 1,485, about a twenty fold increase!
Another aspect of this lunacy is how unaware some members of the driving public are, regarding the creation of these new type motorways and the increased dangers they pose. About one in five drivers have never heard of Dynamic Hard Shoulders where they can be temporarily opened to traffic at busy periods (ironically also the most dangerous periods). More than one in ten have not even heard of the term smart motorway and all lanes running. Why was there not and why has there not been repeated public information broadcasts on the BBC and written warnings in public buildings and spaces warning us of the changes and dangers? As soon as the latest figures were released regarding deaths and near misses I made a beeline for the phone to warn my three daughters and my grandchildren old enough to drive, of the risks they run on today’s motorways.
What advice did I give? Well, very much the same as when breaking down on a conventional motorway but with an added urgency. Firstly make drivers around you aware of your difficulties by putting on your hazard warning lights and even sounding the horn if you feel those around you have not been alerted as you attempt to gain the inside lane. Keep the lights flashing and if you estimate you can reach the next refuge area then do so. If not then come to a gradual stop and immediately vacate the car on the passenger side and climb over the barrier and stand at least 15 metres away from the road. In the case of a minor incident with another car do not, at all costs, stop to exchange details in a live lane, make for the refuge area. Tragically I was not able to give this advice to a Mr Mercer and a Mr Murgeanu who were tragically killed in such circumstances on the M1 on June 7th last year…
Recently an all-party group of MPs reviewed the last ten years of smart motorways and accused Highways England of “a shocking degree of carelessness”…tame words indeed in light of the unnecessary carnage wrought by this flawed concept. They might have been better advised
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A SMALL CALM VOICE IN A STORM
As you will all know, the world is going through a difficult phase at eat as wide a range as possible with as many different colours as the moment. There is a strong sense of fear and a rising sense of you can find to ensure you are getting the widest range of panic in the media, and many of us are wondering what we can do antioxidants which your body can use to fight invasion. If you are to protect ourselves and our loved ones. a fussy eater, supplement with a good multivitamin and mineral. The media is very focussed on the instruction to wash hands. Hand • Zinc – if you are out and about, zinc lozenges can help washing with soap is thought to be more effective than strengthen the membranes lining your mouth and throat to help antibacterial hand gel or alcohol gel, particularly good old combat any viral invasion. fashioned solid soap which has an alkali surface on which the virus • Iron supplement – we have a bottle of Floradix Liquid Iron on cannot survive. The virus will not necessarily be destroyed by the go at home, but any good iron supplement would be a good antibacterial gel, but the act of hand washing will dislodge any idea. This will improve the oxygen-carrying capacity of your blood viruses from the surface of the skin which are physically washed which will help you if your lungs get affected by the virus. away. • Rest – now is not the time to run yourself into the ground, take The second piece of very sound advice is to learn to avoid touching good care of yourself, give yourself enough sleep, and time to rest your face – touching your mouth, rubbing your eyes or picking your in the day so your energy levels stay good. nose! The virus can live on our hands for hours between hand And a few words of caution: washes but yet do us no harm – but when we touch our mouth, • Stay away from anti-inflammatories if possible – there is growing nose or eyes we give it access to the interior and invite the evidence that ibuprofen can give the virus an advantage, so if you infection in. are one of the people who take ibuprofen regularly, try very hard The media is focusing on how to prevent the virus from spreading to cut these out. and from gaining access to our internal system – but there is not • Paracetamol – this is very good for lowering a fever, but if you enough focus on the positive steps we can be taking to help us to take paracetamol on a very regular basis it may not work as well for build stronger, better immune systems so here are a few good tips: you if you have a fever. If you can, reduce the amount of • Vitamin D – this is probably the most important point. At this paracetamol you take so that you will feel the benefits if you do time of year the majority of us will be Vitamin D deficient, and this need to take it to reduce a fever. There is a solid body of evidence weakens our immune system. If you are not supplementing with that shows that regular, frequent paracetamol use for pain is Vitamin D, you should be. If you are supplementing with Vitamin D, counterproductive and ends up causing chronic pain – so use the keep it up, using the maximum recommended dose. Fortunately current situation as a reason to try to break the habit. the strength of the sun from March to September is sufficient to If we have to close the clinic down, we would like to reassure our encourage our bodies to manufacture Vitamin D – so when the sun regular clients that we will work out a way to continue to offer care is out, find a sunny spot and spend 10-15 minutes with the sun on and support. We can offer reduced price consultations via phone, some bare, unprotected skin. You don’t need to strip down to a skype or email - through skype Nick can continue to offer exercise bikini – there is enough skin on hands and faces to make a and stretching advice to alleviate pain, for my fertility clients I significant contribution if you do this regularly. would still be able to offer weekly support and advice. In the • Probiotics – another fantastic way to improve your immune meantime, if you are self-isolating and would like to explore our system – over-the-counter probiotics or natural sources such as remote support please get in touch. Kefir, Kombucha, Sauerkraut and Kimchi. Home made is best, but Take care of yourselves. if you are buying them in, buy raw or unpasteurised probiotics to ensure they have a good microbial content. Kind regards • Antioxidants – fresh fruits and vegetables are our best sources, Alexandra O’Connor Holicity Health (Burnham-on-Crouch & Bicknacre) Pain Relief, Health & Wellness 01621 786600 www.holicity.co.uk
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THE NEW BRADWELL B POWER STATION
We are proposing to build Bradwell B power station on land immediately to the south and west of the existing Bradwell power station, next to the Blackwater Estuary on the Dengie Peninsula. The site for Bradwell B is around 15km east of Maldon and the nearest villages are Bradwell-on-Sea and Bradwell Waterside.
Following receipt of the necessary consents, we expect construction of the power station would take approximately 9-12 years, including restoring those parts of the site required only temporarily for construction.
Components of the power station The Bradwell B power station would comprise a number of components, each contributing to its safe and secure operation (see Figure 3.1). Together, these components would form the ‘permanent development’, which would operate for 60 years and include: • two UK HPR1000 reactor units each comprising a reactor containment building with its associated buildings (the ‘nuclear island’), a turbine hall with electrical buildings (the ‘conventional island’) and associated balance of plant. These units are often referred to as the ‘main power blocks’; • additional ‘Balance of Plant’ facilities and equipment that facilitate the operation of the power station. Many of these buildings and structures are similar to those that would be found on a gas or coal fired power station; • cooling water infrastructure including forebay, pump houses, water treatment and cooling towers, plus cooling water tunnels extending out from the power station into the sea, to abstract and discharge cooling water; • Power transmission infrastructure including a connection to a new 400kV substation to be provided by National Grid; • fuel and waste storage facilities, including interim storage for nuclear waste and spent fuel; • offices, welfare facilities, security and emergency response facilities (some of the latter may also be located off-site); and • security facilities including fencing and security checkpoints to control access to different areas of the site, as well as security lighting. In addition to the permanent development works there would be associated infrastructure supporting the operation and maintenance of the power station including: • primary and secondary access roads, car parking (including contractor car parking for use during maintenance periods) and internal roads; • sea defences surrounding a raised platform to protect the power station from extreme flood events (taking into account future climate change); • a marine transport facility for occasional use (once every 5 years or less on average) to bring large components to site by sea; and • a restored landscape extending across all areas impacted by construction, incorporating elements which would contribute to environmental mitigation, compensation and enhancement. There may also be a need to locate some additional power station facilities such as emergency response units off-site. These potential requirements are in the very early stages of consideration and we will publish proposals for any such facilities in our Stage Two consultation.
Design and environment We are proposing to locate the power station on the higher ground to the south and west of Bradwell Power Station. The proposed layout (see Figure 3.1) takes account of the environmental constraints of the site and surrounds, while offering a number of benefits, including: • reducing the amount of engineering fill required to raise the platform, helping minimise HGV traffic on local roads; • retaining the existing flood embankment and borrow dyke; • concentrating permanent development on areas of lowest flood risk within the site; • reducing potential impacts on the Chapel of St Peter-on- the-Wall and Roman Shore Fort of Othona to the east of the site; • reducing potential disturbance of wintering birds using the coastal mudflats centred on Dengie Flats to the east of the site; • maximising the availability of land for potential ecological enhancement after the power station has been built; and • helping to reduce amenity impacts on the proposed England Coast Path. Locating the development away from the coast would bring the permanent development closer to Bradwell-on-Sea and Bradwell Waterside. We have considered creating a new landscape to provide an appropriate setting for the new power station. Figure 3.1 shows proposed habitat creation, which would form part of this new landscape and provide ecological mitigation, making a positive contribution to biodiversity. Feedback from consultation and further assessment will help to inform opportunities for enhancement, and development of any necessary mitigation proposals.
People and Jobs Creating new opportunities and lasting benefits Building Bradwell B would create tens of thousands of jobs and deliver millions of pounds of investment in the local and regional economies. Many of the skills required for construction would be transferable, opening up new opportunities for further employment and long-term careers once the building phase is completed. A key part of our approach is supporting collaboration within the region to create an environment where people can access these opportunities. Where possible, we will prioritise opportunities for local people, through new skills training. We will help local businesses be part of the new supply chains Bradwell B would create. We are working with Essex County Council, Maldon District Council and key organisations, such as the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Federation of Essex Colleges, to understand the current situation and identify areas for investment. Bradwell B is likely to create other new jobs in the local economy beyond those on the main site. When completed, there will be around 900 permanent jobs in operating the power station, in addition to supply chain services to the site.
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AIDAN HULL RETAINS TITLE April 2020 A group of 20 Burnham Burnham Tide Table cadets enjoyed playing in this seasons Winter League.
The challenging, shortened course proved to be a fantastic introduction for the 4 new cadets who had progressed from Ken Light's Junior Academy, one of which was young Harry Shultz who finished his debut appearance in 3rd place displaying great talent. Birdies were aplenty over the 14 weekends but it was 'Eagle hunter' Louis Gold who secured 2nd place in the league. Defending his title, Aidan Hull, put up quite a challenge from the off.
Favouring to play in his shorts and Ireland bobble hat, the luck of the Irish certainly came through for Aidan as he topped the table for the 2nd year in a row!
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