Photographs and stories connected to The Shrubbery are being collected as part of an ongoing restoration and archiving project

Wanstead Mental Health Clinic has joined forces with Fatima Whitbread MBE to support young people connected to children’s social care

Residents are invited to help the Wanstead Community Gardeners tend to the High Street

Sir Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London and chairman of TfL, has replied to a letter from a local school regarding long-ignored bus problems. Donna Mizzi reports

Five gardens on the Aldersbrook and Lakehouse Estates will open to the public on 5 July as part of the charitable National Garden Scheme

The Wanstead War Memorial is set to be restored following a successful fundraising initiative

A dam built by vandals was removed from a stretch of the River Roding between Wanstead Park and Royston Meadows earlier this month

Five homes across Wanstead welcomed over 150 visitors into their gardens

A new strand of the Wanstead Fringe will launch this September

After restoring the Alders Brook earlier this year, River Roding Trust volunteers now face prosecution by the Environment Agency. But Trust chair Paul Powlesland will not stop what he considers vital work

The three English Longhorn cows currently grazing in Wanstead Park have been relocated from the dried-out lakebed of Ornamental Water

This year’s Wanstead Festival will take place on 13 September