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Ride Redbridge

Haydn Powell from the Redbridge Cycling Campaign encourages you to get on your bike and head down to Wanstead Park next month to take part in Redbridge’s festival of cycling.

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Community blooms

Step into spring with a visit to a local open garden. With so many wonderful National Garden Scheme gardens to explore, there’s something for everyone, says local volunteer organiser Teresa

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Rendezvous Point

David Sleet is the non-clinical director of Wanstead Mental Health Clinic and is proud to have launched The Veterans’ RVP, a new level of support for veterans and their person

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On the move

On the move? Read this first, says Daveena Seepaul from local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash, who offers an overview of the conveyancing process for buyers and sellers

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Creative Connections

Local resident Nina Stafford explains the background to ArtHouse Social, a new charity dedicated to providing therapeutic art sessions for young adults with additional needs

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Swans’ space

Wanstead boasts a thriving swan population and with nesting season underway, local Swan Sanctuary volunteer Louisa Green urges the public to respect the swans’ space

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Listen and learn

In the 45th of a series of articles, David Bird discusses the work of Redbridge Music Society and introduces harpists Oliver Wass and Lise Vandersmissen, who will be performing in Wanstead

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Driving the story

A documentary about TfL’s recent ‘disastrous’ changes to local bus routes by 14-year-old Riku Fryderyk has received much praise. Here, the young filmmaker tells the story behind the story

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Non-stop stress

Recent changes to local bus routes have impacted the lives of many residents. In the fourth of a series of articles, Save Our Local Bus Services campaign organiser Liz Martins

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Biased beliefs?

Religious misogyny and secularism’s role in achieving women’s equality will be the subject of the East London Humanists’ April event, led by Megan Manson from the National Secular Society. Paul