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The Redbridge Rhymesters will be joined by pupils from Snaresbrook Primary School

Handwriting is not an art of the past, says Maura Wilson, and this year’s Wanstead Fringe is giving Wanstead’s primary school children the chance to prove it with a handwriting competition

Work aims to improve the safety of the crossing

From oxeye daisy to yellow rattle, Richard Strange explains how he has been increasing floral diversity on Christ Church Green as part of Wanstead’s Grow Zones initiative. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson

Chair of East London Humanists Paul Kaufman introduces prize-winning author Yvvette Edwards, who will be speaking about how she discovered writing – and humanism – at the group’s July meeting

A number of local businesses have donated prizes worth £500 for a raffle

Swan Sanctuary volunteer Louisa Green reports on a busy few weeks of swan rescues in Snaresbrook and Wanstead, and welcomes any donations to the swan ambulance fuel fund. Photo of Eagle Pond by Geoff Wilkinson

Open to the public on 3 July as part of the National Garden Scheme

Artists from Art Group Wanstead will start a pop-up display on Christ Church Green

A new group advocating the importance of well-being will be holding regular meetings in Wanstead

A new one-way system has been introduced on a section of Nightingale Lane