Jo Blackman, Daniel Morgan-Thomas, Paul Donovan, Bayo Alaba and Sheila Bain were all elected as councillors for Wanstead Village and Wanstead Park last month. Here are their ambitions for the next four years

Richard Arnopp explains why the Wanstead Park Liaison Group will be reviewing the latest bluebell season, which has once again raised concerns over how best to protect the delicate flowers from being trampled

Organisers of the Wanstead Festival are looking for local bands and performers to complete the line-up for this year’s event

Dates for this year’s Wanstead Festival and Wanstead Fringe have been announced

A military flypast will take place on 2 June to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

The City of London Corporation is investigating the possibility of introducing public boating on one of the ponds in Wanstead Park

A family-friendly bike ride through Wanstead Park will take place on 12 June to help raise funds for the park’s new playground

Residents are invited to view the flora of St Mary’s Church graveyard, which is currently being left unmown

RideLondon, an annual cycling event, will pass through Redbridge on 29 May

An appeal has been launched over the refusal of planning permission to build flats on a strip of land between Draycot Road and Seagry Road

In the 11th of a series of articles by plot holders at Redbridge Lane West allotments – which are under threat from the adjacent gas works – Margaret de Jong reflects on 25 years of memories at the site

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