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An application has been submitted to increase the capacity of the former St Joseph’s Convent School in Wanstead, with a view to converting it into an Islamic faith school

A double rainbow over Wanstead Park’s tea hut and the bluebells of Chalet Wood are among the images featured in a new Epping Forest calendar for 2026

The Wanstead and Woodford Marie Curie fundraising group will be hosting a quiz night at Wanstead House on 8 November

Volunteers are needed to help build a series of leaky dams across Epping Forest this winter.

Residents living with osteoporosis are invited to join the Royal Osteoporosis Society’s North East London support group this month

Organisers of the Wanstead Repair Café are seeking more volunteers who can sew to take part in this month’s event

The Wren Wildlife Group has completed another year of butterfly monitoring in Wanstead Park

The Parish of Wanstead is aiming to raise £4,700 to fund the restoration of the Wanstead War Memorial

A front garden in Wanstead was named Best Sustainable Planet-Friendly Garden in this year’s Redbridge in Bloom competition

Redbridge Council has expanded its use of Hydrorock flood-defence technology in Wanstead after a successful trial

A survey has shown people are unhappy with TfL’s reorganisation of local buses

A member of the Woodford and Wanstead Photographic Society has won the nature category of the Redbridge Photography Awards