Local residents have paid tribute to Bruce, the black swan, who died from avian influenza earlier this month

Wanstead Cricket Club member Scott Emmons is raising funds to help an African school

Residents gathered on George Green last month for the switching on of Wanstead’s Christmas tree lights. Here, local councillors Jo Blackman, Paul Donovan, Daniel Morgan-Thomas, Sheila Bain and Bayo Alaba reflect on the event. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson

Residents are invited to donate gifts, clothes and Christmas treats to the Tin in a Bin foodbank on 26 November

Members of Art Group Wanstead will be selling handmade creations, decorations and artwork

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

Local resident Paterson Loarn will be launching a self-published crime novel this month

The parent-led Redbridge For Education campaign will be winding up its operation this month

Wanstead Poppy Man Jim Carroll will be holding his final collection for the annual appeal this month

First Sunday of the month and most Thursdays, from 10am to 12.30pm

Three services of Remembrance will take place across Wanstead and South Woodford this month.

Voice-over artist Sally Dunbar gives us the inside story on the Redbridge Talking Newspaper, a weekly publication for those living with blindness or visual impairment. And as a free service, more volunteers are needed