Attending court can be intimidating for witnesses, but volunteers at Snaresbrook Crown Court are there to help them every step of the way, says Catherine Redmond from the Citizens Advice Witness Service

Hidden along the edges of the M11 Link Road is a secret artwork, three miles long and invisible. Over the 22 years it has been there, it has become a secret layer of East London. On Saturday 27 September it will be opened to the public for a day as part of the Wanstead Fringe Festival. Graeme Miller reports

Redbridge Council has issued a statement following the recent change of local RingGo parking location codes

In the seventh of a series of articles charting the experiences of a Wanstead-based travel writer, Carole Edrich discovers how widely read Wanstead Village Directory is… and that being an oddfellow pays off

Calvin Bailey MP will be holding a pop-up surgery in Wanstead on 18 September

Haven House Christmas Cake appeal is seeking local volunteer bakers to take part in the festive fundraiser

Where there’s a will, there’s a way, unless there is a dispute underlying the estate and the will! Kavita Rana from local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash explains

Joshua Abbott is preparing to publish Modernism Beyond Metro-land, a book documenting 20th-century architecture in London’s suburbs. In the third of a series of extracts, the spotlight is on Snaresbrook’s Hermitage Court. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson

The Woodford and District branch of the National Trust has announced its new season of talks

A guided bird walk will take place on Wanstead Flats this month

Wanstead High Street will be closed to traffic to create a car-free Wanstead Festival

The Friends of Wanstead Parklands is seeking volunteers to help maintain and improve the park’s woodland play area