Following a positive response to his article earlier this year floating the idea of a Wanstead Beer Festival, Councillor Paul Donovan is now part of the organising committee bringing the event to a head in October

Residents will be selling pre-loved items from their front gardens

Residents have renewed calls for planning permission to be denied

Volunteers are sought to help Redbridge Libraries deliver its holiday programme of children’s events

Following a recent announcement that funding for a new Whipps Cross Hospital has been secured, John Cryer MP reflects on an East London institution and vows to hold ministers to account

A consultation on the plans is open until 30 July

The anonymous yarn bomber who has been creating woollen toppers for a postbox on Hermon Hill

A consultation on London City Airport’s Noise Action Plan is open

With Wanstead Park’s new Woodland Play Area finally open, Gill James reflects on a 22-year campaign by the Aldersbrook Families Association

Councillor Jyotsna Islam has been elected as the new Mayor of Redbridge

The 17th annual cake sale and garden party raised £10,166

The Save Our Wanstead Youth Centre campaign has issued an open letter in response to the Leader of Redbridge Council’s article in last month’s issue of the Wanstead Village Directory, in which it was announced the future of Wanstead Youth Centre will be decided at a council meeting in September Jas Athwal, the Leader of the Council, has confirmed in the article that the future of Wanstead Youth Centre will be made at the Cabinet meeting in September 2023. The SOWYC Group thank councillors, Young People and the wider community for their support in achieving this positive response. We want to re-iterate our request for the council to grant a moratorium, of at least 12 months, to allow further time to explore and pursue other options and funding streams to retain the only remaining youth centre of its kind in the borough.  And to make...