Suddenly, we are facing immediate and serious threats: war in Europe; the cost of living crisis; the capacity of the NHS. But these do not match the looming threat of the catastrophic deterioration of our environment caused by human industrial and agricultural activity. We must all think about immediate problems, whether local, national or worldwide, in terms of environmentally favourable solutions. We must all think Green. That is why I’m standing for the Green Party in Wanstead Village....

Vanya Marks of Wanstead Climate Action talks to a local resident about her DIY efforts to make her flat more energy efficient, something that will reduce her utility bills and help reduce carbon emissions

A Wanstead resident has co-written a play about NHS paramedics, inspired by her dad’s career

Residents and businesses in Wanstead raised over £5,000 this month to restore the children’s playground on Christ Church Green

A statement from the Wanstead Society following the recent planting of a new tree

The Friends of Wanstead Parklands is urging visitors to stick to the paths when viewing the bluebells in Chalet Wood

The Wanstead Village Dog Show will return to the grounds of Christ Church next month

From high hedges to boundary positions, Derek Inkpin from Wanstead solicitors Wiseman Lee explores some of the common disputes neighbours can find themselves engaged in

Ruth Martin of the Aldersbrook Horticultural Society has compiled a potted history of the garden. In the third of a series of articles, she guides us from Victorian times to the modern era

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

Decades of rubbish removed, 14 tons of soil added, 180-plus plants rehomed. Job done. Marian Temple of the Wanstead Community Gardeners tells the story of the new Snaresbrook Station car park patch

Redbridge Music Society will host Italian classical guitarist Emanuele Addis

In the 10th of a series of articles by plot holders at Redbridge Lane West allotments – which are under threat from the adjacent gas works – Jason Edwards provides an update on the site’s future

Redbridge Council joined forces with the police recently to run an operation targeting vehicles transporting waste in a bid to weed out potential fly-tippers.

Wanstead’s shopkeepers will feature in a two-week outdoor photography exhibition on Christ Church Green

Wanstead Park has been described as the jewel in east London’s crown. In the first of a series of articles documenting restoration work on the park’s 18th-century Grotto – a gem in its own right – John Sharpe of the Friends of Wanstead Parklands reports on phase one of the repairs to the structure’s landing stage. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson