Cattle grazing has not returned to Wanstead Park this year because of the drought conditions.

A consultation over plans to build a block of flats on part of Snaresbrook Station Car Park launches on 7 September

The founder of a Wanstead nursery has been announced as a finalist in the Black British Business Awards

Elsa Arnold is well known locally for her work as a mental health advocate and for Spreading Kindness Through E11. Here, she outlines her work with east London charity Freedom 2

Ron Filer is well known on the local art scene, running classes at Wanstead and Aldersbrook venues. As he gradually retires from tutoring duties, he is keen to find a replacement that will keep the community creating

The ninth Wanstead Fringe – which runs from 9 to 25 September – will include the first Wanstead Book Festival. Here, Giles Wilson offers a glimpse of some of the writers taking part

Redbridge Museum will open a new permanent exhibition later this year exploring 200,000 years of local history. In the seventh of a series of articles, Museum Officer Nishat Alam looks at some of the items on show

Art Group Wanstead’s monthly pop-up exhibition on Christ Church Green will return on 14 August

Redbridge's Disability Awareness Festival returns to Christ Church Green this month. There will be information stalls, activities for people of all abilities… and a Freddie Mercury tribute act, says Sophie Donelan

Tim Harris from the Wren Wildlife Group describes some of our most fascinating insects: dragonflies and damselflies, which thrive in Wanstead Park, like this four-spotted chaser photographed at Perch Pond

Haven House Children’s Hospice is inviting residents to sign up for this year’s Sparkle Walk.

A consultation on London City Airport’s expansion plans is open until 9 September

Volunteers joined Vision RCL’s nature conservation rangers last month to remove the invasive weed

Iain Ambler updates on the recently restored Redbridge Lane West allotment pond, which has become a biodiversity hotspot. Photo by Stephen Lines

Property sales should be plain sailing, but can sometimes go wrong. Not telling the truth about some aspect of the sale can cause great upset, says Derek Inkpin from local solicitors Wiseman Lee

Local resident and mental health campaigner Elsa Arnold was highly commended at the Million Minutes Celebrating Young People Awards

A new series of police pop-up hubs have launched across Redbridge

The monthly litter pick in Wanstead Park will take place a week later than usual this month

An entire family of swans from Wanstead Park were relocated to The Swan Sanctuary in Middlesex

Marian Temple explains how the Wanstead Community Gardeners responded to last month’s heatwave and urges us all to spare a drop of water for our communal gardens and young street trees

Two family-friendly theatre performances will take place in Wanstead Park this month

From small spotty-eyed drone flies to a rare jumping spider and pink moth, chair of the Wren Wildlife Group James Heal reports on some of the highlights of the recent bioblitz in Wanstead

Developers behind plans to build a four-storey building on Evergreen Field have agreed to accept feedback from residents until 15 August

With the dry, cracked bed of the Ornamental Water once again on show, Benjamin Murphy, chair of the Epping Forest & Commons Committee, explains the inherent difficulties in managing the water levels of Wanstead Park's lake system. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson

Pottery is the perfect way to combat the stresses of modern life, says Julia Dreher, who is excited to be launching her Wanstead Pottery business from her new garden studio during next month's Fringe