A crowdfunding page was set up last month to support Wanstead resident Kirstin Maguire, who needs life-saving spinal surgery not available in the UK.

Kathy Taylor explains the story behind Wanstead’s first large-scale mural, a singing nightingale on Nightingale Lane. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson

Two of the three longhorn cattle grazing in Wanstead Park are to remain in place until mid-October.

Applications are open for residents to adopt the tree pits on their streets and plant them with wild flowers.

Drivers are reminded that from 25 October, the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanding.

A new voluntary gardening team will be set up to care for Nightingale Green following last month’s Mini Festival of Nightingales.

This month, Redbridge Brass Band will be celebrating a return to live music with a performance at St Gabriel’s Church in Aldersbrook.

A campaign has been launched to raise £20,000 to create a natural play area in Wanstead Park.

Plans for a new café kiosk in Christchurch Green received the go-ahead despite residents’ requests for a rethink of the design. It’s a missed opportunity, say Scott Wilding and Geoff Horsnell of the Wanstead Society

In the ninth of a series of articles looking at the redevelopment of Whipps Cross Hospital, Charlotte Monro reflects on the recent announcements regarding the Margaret Centre and bed numbers

Wanstead resident Jean Medcalf passed away peacefully on 20 September.

A refugee donation drop-off centre opened at Redbridge Town Hall earlier this month.