Concerns have been raised over the safety of the zebra crossing on Wanstead High Street, opposite Christ Church Green.

Redbridge Council is considering responses to a number of consultations on plans to improve road safety across Wanstead.

Photographer Russell Boyce has used a vintage film camera to create a historic visual record of Wanstead High Street’s shopkeepers, accompanied by their thoughts on the future. In the first of a series of reproductions, Wanstead Domestic Appliances step into the frame

A formal agreement for the maintenance of a new children’s play area in Wanstead Park has been signed off

Healthwatch Redbridge is calling for better NHS dental services in the borough

A decision is expected this month on Vision RCL’s plans to amend the design of the proposed café and bar kiosk facility on Christ Church Green

A public meeting to discuss the commercial use of Christ Church Green has been scheduled

Redbridge Council has secured £557,610 from the Office for Zero-Emission Vehicles to install more electric vehicle charge points across the borough

Wanstead-based knitting group Social Knitworks will have a stall in the porch of Wanstead Methodist Church, Hermon Hill, on Sunday 23 January

In the seventh of a series of articles by plot holders at the Redbridge Lane West allotments – which are under threat from the adjacent gas works – Shirley Grey-Allen explains her Caribbean cultivation influences

Over-50s poetry group the Redbridge Rhymesters was formed more than 13 years ago. As they prepare for their first post-COVID meet-up, founder Alexandra Wilde is keen for new writers to join the poetic flow

Grow Zones, wetlands and more tree planting are amongst the recommendations of Redbridge Council’s Nature and the Environment Task & Finish Group. Councillor Paul Donovan (Wanstead Village, Labour) reports. Photo of new stag beetle stumpery on George Green by Geoff Wilkinson