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Art Group Wanstead member Ruth Perry developed her artistic skills during the pandemic, and now finds inspiration in local nature

We’ve heard the expression ‘it takes a village to raise a child’, but as someone who has had a beloved pet go missing, I know all too well that it takes a village to find them, says Wanstead resident Liz Hickson

As the holiday season approaches, a group of passionate volunteer bakers led by Paul Canal and Sarah-Jane Hogg are gearing up to make a difference

Jo Cullen from local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash explores employee rights in a redundancy situation, when you need to protect yourself from unfair treatment, discrimination and victimisation

Benjamin Murphy, Chair of the Epping Forest and Commons Committee, has published an update on work taking place in Wanstead Park. In the first of a series of extracts, the focus is on the Ornamental Water

Tin in a Bin will host a drag queen bingo night in Wanstead on 23 November to raise funds for Redbridge Foodbank’s warehouse renovation project. James Nunn reports on the charity’s recent work

In the 13th of a series of articles featuring wildlife images from Wanstead Park and Wanstead Flats, Dr Tony Madgwick presents a shot of a Migrant Spreadwing damselfly, a species not previously seen in the area

TfL has created a bus fiasco in Wanstead and South Woodford with its incompetent changes to the W12, W13 and W14 routes, say Save Our Local Bus Services campaigners. Member Donna Mizzi explains

The George closed its doors as a Wetherspoons pub on 13 October – the day after a successful second Wanstead Beer Festival. The appetite for reasonably priced food and drink remains strong, says Paul Donovan

The A12 tunnel under George Green in Wanstead has been open for 25 years. Architect John Goldsmith – who was influential in its design – and his wife Margaret Igglesden share their memories of its creation

Bernie Clarkson walked a mile a day on Christ Church Green throughout October, raising money for Pancreatic Cancer UK and taking time to remember her friend Jill, who died last year

Art Group Wanstead member Gina Wade has been creating coloured pencil drawings of pets and wildlife since lockdown