The expansion of Wanstead Leisure Centre – to provide a 25m swimming pool and new dance studio – is on track to be completed in late 2022

The Churchill Room at Wanstead Library has been refurbished ahead of the venue’s planned reopening this month.

In the second of two articles, local dog trainers Colin Spence and Sarah McLeod-Cerezo discuss how you can reduce the chance of your dog being stolen, an increasing problem yet to become a specific offence

Having organised a popular Wellness Week in Wanstead six months ago, Elsa Arnold is now launching Wellness Festival 2021, a month of online events to help us all through the final straight of lockdown

A Wanstead nursing home is raising money for Little Lives UK by selling greetings cards featuring designs by local residents

Art Group Wanstead has launched a nature-themed challenge for local residents. Group founder Donna Mizzi introduces the project and explains how you can get involved. Background art by Emma Davies

Wanstead Climate Action is keen to spread the ‘green jobs for all’ message, locally and across the country. Tina Nieman Da Costa explains why it’s time to make the government listen

Redbridge Council are not granting permission for community road closures this year

A mesh fence was erected on Wanstead Flats last month to protect the only breeding skylark population in inner London. Gill James of the Wren Wildlife Group reports on efforts to save these endangered songbirds

Local women are being asked to participate in a survey to help Redbridge Council understand how safe they feel living and working in the borough

Pre-orders are open for the first-ever large-scale history book of Wanstead House

A 150-year-old Victorian house in Snaresbrook is set to be demolished and replaced with nine modern flats following approval by Redbridge Council’s Planning Committee

Disabled residents in Redbridge are invited to take part in a questionnaire to help local health and social care services understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting them.

Wanstead resident Jean Medcalf has published her first poetry book at the age of 89. To Everything There is a Season is a collection of lyrical, spiritual poems about nature. In the fifth of a series of articles, Jean introduces her poem entitled Flourish, which prompts her memories of a thriving Wanstead High Street in years past. Artwork by Terry Law

Russell Kenny and Paul Hayes have devised a series of self-guided history walks around the Wanstead area, which can be followed on a phone or from a printable guide. In the third of a series of articles championing these tours through time, we look at Wanstead Flats

Wanstead teenager Grace Wolstenholme invites you to watch her YouTube channel for an insight into life with cerebral palsy. In the eighth of a series of articles, Grace sets herself some social media goals

No more excuses. If we are to tackle plastic pollution, the plastic industry needs a rigorous shake up, says Wanstead Climate Action member Tina Nieman Da Costa. Artwork of Egyptian geese in Wanstead Park by Kathy Taylor

To young kids, Joseph Elliott is a pirate named Cook. To older kids, he’s the author of epic fantasy novels with an unconventional heroine. And to Wanstead residents, he’s a neighbour as well

In the first of two articles, local dog trainers Colin Spence and Sarah Mcleod-Cerezo discuss how you can reduce the chance of your dog being stolen, an increasing problem yet to become a specific offence

Judy Noble is one of several volunteers from churches in Wanstead and South Woodford who have been hosting Bereavement Cafés since 2016. Having stopped in lockdown, sessions will now resume virtually

Plans announced to deliver COVID-safe community focussed events on Christchurch Green this summer, with a new café kiosk to act as a focal point

To mark International Women’s Day, Wanstead resident Councillor Judith Garfield MBE talks about some of the problems she has faced as a woman in politics

Permitted development rights in place since 1 September 2020 allow homeowners to extend upwards without planning permission. But it’s not without obstacles, says Derek Inkpin from solicitors Wiseman Lee

Paul Kaufman, Chair of East London Humanists, introduces their March public event on climate change and explains what the Wanstead-based group is up to in the Covid era

“You can join the group to suggest a walk and see if anyone is able to accompany you.”