Local men’s mental health advocate Simon Matthews shares his journey of trauma and recovery while campaigning for greater suicide prevention funding through his Simon Says It’s OK support group

Wanstead has a new micro creative display space in the form of the Free Little Art Gallery

A new book has been published charting the vast array of flying activities that have taken place on Wanstead Flats over the last two centuries

Epping Forest’s Enforcement Team joined forces with the Metropolitan Police and the Environment Agency on Wanstead Flats earlier this month

The Environment Agency has dropped plans to prosecute River Roding Trust volunteers for restoring the Alders Brook without a permit

Redbridge Council is inviting residents to help shape its updated Air Quality Action Plan

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One writer, one Interrail pass and a wildly over-ambitious, 37-stop journey to test railway accessibility in Europe. Wanstead-based travel writer Carole Edrich presents the sixth instalment of her Big Rail Story

The government’s plans to restrict the right to trial by jury to tackle the Crown Court backlog amounts to the quiet dismantling of British justice, says Stephen Davies of local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash

In the ninth of a series of articles featuring images by the Woodford and Wanstead Photographic Society, Anuraj Theivendram introduces well-travelled, long-distance member Hank Bishop

Climate anxiety can feel overwhelming, but Wanstead’s Climate Café Listening Circles offer a calm, supportive space to share feelings and build resilience around the climate and nature crisis, says Liz Bodycote

In the fourth of a series of articles, Susan Allison reflects on a community project which created nearly 50 kneelers for Christ Church, each with a story to tell and each recording a snapshot of present-day Wanstead