The Jack Petchey Foundation reflects on the life of the late entrepreneur from Manor Park whose philanthropy touched the lives of over a million young people
A new app has been launched to enable quicker reporting of fly-tipping and other local issues
Applications are open for Redbridge Council’s Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy programme
Wanstead Park councillor Bayo Alaba was elected as the MP for Southend East and Rochford in the General Election earlier this month
Submit your best shots depicting people and places in the borough
A language café celebrating Hindi and Urdu will take place in Wanstead
Redbridge Council has launched a consultation on the expansion of permit parking in Wanstead
Councillor Jas Athwal has resigned as leader of Redbridge Council
Contrary to popular belief, Wanstead Flats is not common land, says local historian Mark Gorman, who explains the justification behind roping off sections of the Flats to protect the breeding Skylarks. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson
Kavita Rana from local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash takes a look at the long-awaited lease extension reforms, the implementation of which will be on the new government’s to-do list
Get your walking shoes on for pleasure, community connections and health and wellbeing benefits, says Wanstead resident Liz Hickson, founder of Social Knitworks and now Social Walking
Joshua Abbott has launched a crowdfunding campaign to publish Modernism Beyond Metro-land, a book documenting 20th-century architecture in London’s suburbs. In the first of a series of extracts, the spotlight is on Wanstead Station. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson