PC King (left) and PC BryantLocal police are seeking new members to join the Wanstead Village and Wanstead Park ward panels.
TinaB donationsA network of foodbank collection points is seeking more homes in the local area to participate in the initiative.
Local schools set to be included in the scheme include: Aldersbrook Primary School (pictured), Wanstead Church School, Snaresbrook Primary School and Nightingale Primary SchoolRedbridge Council is analysing responses to its School Streets consultation.
Redbridge Council is proposing to install new electric vehicle charging points (EVCPs) and associated bays on streets across Wanstead.
Skylarks on Wanstead Flats earlier this month. ©Mary HoldenThe City of London will be installing a fence around the skylark nesting area on Wanstead Flats.
The hub will replace four parking bays on the High Street. Residents gave their backing to the scheme in a consultation earlier this yearRedbridge Council is proposing to install a mobility hub on Wanstead High Street.
Updated designs for the new Whipps Cross Hospital – due to be completed in 2026 – have been released by Barts Health NHS Trust.
Grace with her assistance dog ScoobyWanstead teenager Grace Wolstenholme invites you to watch her YouTube channel for an insight into life with cerebral palsy. In the seventh of a series of articles, Grace confronts those who give her a strange look
Gravatt’s shop window by Sally MedcalfWanstead resident Jean Medcalf has published her first poetry book at the age of 89. To Everything There is a Season is a collection of lyrical, spiritual poems about nature. In the fourth of a series of articles, Jean introduces her poem entitled February, which prompts her memories of Nightingale Lane in the 1960s. Background artwork of the old Gravatt’s shop window by Sally Medcalf
Wanstead House by Richard Westall (1765–1836). Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRussell Kenny and Paul Hayes have devised a series of self-guided history walks around the Wanstead area, which can be followed on a phone or from a printable map. In the second of a series of articles championing these tours through time, we rediscover Wanstead House
The Party Wall etc Act 1996 provides a framework for preventing and resolving disputes in relation to building works near neighbouring properties. Adem Esen from local solicitors Wiseman Lee explains
©Geoff WilkinsonRedbridge Council’s Principal Arboricultural and Horticultural Officer Peter Marshall heads up a team responsible for thousands of trees across the borough. With Wanstead’s felled trees due to be replaced over the next two months, Peter explains the scope of his team’s work. Photo of Christchurch Green by Geoff Wilkinson