The Heronwood and Galleon site will be reopening for walk-ins for Redbridge patients
Quinny, Nina and Naru are the first cows to be allowed to step hoof in Wanstead Park in 150 years. Geoff Sinclair, Head of Operations at Epping Forest, explains why the City of London Corporation’s cattle-grazing trial is good news for wildlife conservation.
Covering Spratt Hall Road, Addison Road, Dangan Road, Gordon Road and Chaucer Road.
Woodford-based women's organisation Soroptimist East London are contributing their experience and skills to #BigIdeasWeek
Wanstead Climate Action, the local affiliate of Extinction Rebellion, will be holding an event this weekend as part of the late summer rebellion.
September is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) awareness month. PCOS is a condition that affects 1 in 10 women and AFAB (assigned female at birth) individuals in the UK and 70% of those with the condition don’t know they have it.
What will Wanstead look like in a post-COVID-19 world? In the fourth of a series of articles, Chair of Wanstead Society Scott Wilding, who is exploring these issues as part of his job, offers his thoughts
Wanstead teenager Grace Wolstenholme invites you to watch her YouTube channel for an insight into her life with cerebral palsy. In the second of a series of articles, the aspiring actor talks about Chicken Shed Theatre
In March, lockdown forced The Music School on the High Street to close for the first time in 18 years. As the school prepares to reopen, Liliana Dimovska explains why children and adults alike should listen up
Redbridge Cycling is keen to hear your feedback on proposals to open new cycle routes through Wanstead Park. Gill James and Haydn Powell report on an often contentious subject
When Darrell Toakley resurrected the name of ‘Truffles’ to add to his travel agency in the High Street – which now sells chocolates as well as holidays – he asked Dr Colin Runeckles to look into the building’s history
As Wanstead Parish churches prepare to take part in a covid-secure Open House weekend, Penelope Garlick invites you to share memories of Christ Church and St Mary’s, and to submit your ideas for their future
With Art Trail Wanstead taking a year off, we invited local artist Christopher Thomas to present one of his paintings here instead
With Art Trail Wanstead taking a year off, we invited local artist Jola Spytkowska to present her work here instead, including her lockdown-revamped garden shed
Marian Temple offers her thanks to the diverse range of local businesses which have all supported the work of the Wanstead Community Gardeners – from watering to welding
When Wanstead residents get fed up with something unsightly in their neighbourhood, they do something about it. It’s the power of fed-uppery, as Marian Temple knows only too well. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson
Vintage trader Karen Stuckey took over the running of Wanstead Vintage fairs earlier this year. Although her first event in May was a victim of lockdown, the new Wanstead Vintage era starts now
The manager of the Wanstead branch of Nationwide is holding a raffle to support the charity work of local resident Frank Charles.
The temporary mortuary erected on Wanstead Flats at the height of the coronavirus pandemic has been removed.
With low water levels in Wanstead Park’s Ornamental Water, the resident swan family are in need of help.
After several weeks without rain and with temperatures reaching 35ºC last month, Wanstead Flats suffered a series of infernos.
Despite the Wanstead Fringe being cancelled this year, the popular Wanstead Kinema will return on 11 September.
Your experiences of NHS health and social care services during the pandemic.
A petition is urging Redbridge Council to better help small businesses comply with social distancing rules.
Organisers are keen to hear from residents who would like to help stage next year’s event.















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