Echo • 4th February 2024

‘Desolate’ 129-year-old Essex boatyard gives old barges ‘new lease of life’ as homes

The Echo visited Shuttlewood’s Boatyard to see how it has transformed from a Victoria Boatbuilder to modern developer of high-end houseboats.

If you were to walk your dog far enough along a dust track in Paglesham, near Rochford, you might stumble across a busy traditional boatyard nestled away “at the end of the world”.

Echo • 27th November 2023

Unimpressed Brooke House residents lift lid on life in town centre tower block

Long-suffering Brooke House residents have complained of “awful” conditions in the tower block after they were told they may have to temporarily move out while repairs are carried out.

Residents living in the block in the town centre have long complained of poor conditions, broken lifts and a catalogue of issues with homes.

Michaela Martin, 48, was made homeless nine years ago, so moved to the block as “temporary” accommodation.

She told the Echo: “I had no choice, I had nowhere else to go. It’s awful, it doesn’t feel like home."

Maldon Nub News • 27th August 2023

The Emporium lives on: Owners of beloved Maldon High Street shop announce plans for its future

Three months since announcing The Emporium in Maldon High Street was set to close, owners Mary and Graham Powell have revealed their plans for its future.

Both aged 73, the couple had planned to retire after 30 years serving the people of Maldon and further afield. However, The Emporium could live on in a new form.

Thanks to the outpouring of support following news of The Emporium's closure, and the absence of any "serious inquiries from traditional retailers", the shop's half-price sale has l

Nub News • 24th September 2023

EXCLUSIVE interview with BBC Essex legend Dave Monk as he bows out after nearly four decades

BBC Essex's Dave Monk spoke to Nub News about his nearly four-decade career at the station, ahead of his 'last ever' show on Friday (September 22).

Despite being a popular local radio presenter since 1986, Dave says it was never a "conscious decision" to pursue it as a career, and he has never regarded himself as a "professional".

He started as a 'disc jockey' in 1970, performing at parties, weddings, and summer balls, providing a "fairly manic and mad" show.

"Cool, I never was," Dave says.

Nub News • 14th September 2023

BREAKING: Man arrested over allegations of financial crime and safeguarding of children at Maldon Carnival

A man has been arrested as part of an Essex Police investigation into allegations of financial crime and the safeguarding of children at Maldon Carnival.

An Essex Police spokesperson confirmed the investigation is in its early stages and a man has been released on bail.

Nub News understands there have been two separate allegations made regarding the safeguarding of children, along with allegations of fraud. A source told Nub News that members of the previous carnival committee have been questi

10th June 2023

IRAN: Voices from a 21st Century Revolution

Meet the Iranians pushing for change, four decades since the country's last great revolution.

Punching Up • 22nd May 2023

Vahid Beheshti: Iranian cleric issues death fatwa against activist, following 72-day hunger strike

Iranian journalist Vahid Beheshti went on hunger strike for 72 days, urging the UK Government to name Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation. Now, the regime wants him dead.

Punching Up • 22nd May 2023

“ORDER!” Meet Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the man who keeps the House of Commons in check

House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle takes a break from berating MPs to speak to Punching Up about his work, punishing badly-behaved politicians, and some of the wackiest traditions in Parliament.

Punching Up • 21st May 2023

Michael Spicer: Meet the man behind The Room Next Door

UK politics is more divisive and chaotic than ever before, with MPs who are simply too rich and too ignorant to give a “flying flamingo”. But could it all be down to one man and his headset? Punching Up peeks through the curtains (legally) at the man in The Room Next Door.

Nub News • 23rd April 2023

UP CLOSE in the Maldon District: Meet the local man who helped invent the mobile phone, Professor Lew Schnurr

As we enjoy reading news, watching movies, and – occasionally – using our mobile phones to make phone calls, it may be difficult to imagine a time before we had them. But one local man helped change the world thanks to his pioneering work in creating the mobile phone: Professor Lew Schnurr.

Born in Colorado Springs in the United States shortly before the Second World War, Lewis Schnurr first studied at Colorado State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering