A dog show and family fun day will take place at Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club on 2 October.

Up to 10,000 people were estimated to have enjoyed the Wanstead Festival on Christchurch Green earlier this month

Redbridge Council is seeking feedback from local business owners to help shape a new Redbridge Business Forum.

Plastic tubs, pots and trays are now accepted in Redbridge Council’s kerbside recycling collections.

The petition to save Redbridge Lane West allotments from being taken over by Cadent was debated at a Redbridge Council meeting yesterday.

Art Group Wanstead member Elsie Drew developed a passion for art at a young age. But with a family to nurture and a career to develop, painting was put on hold. Now, in retirement, Elsie has rediscovered art all over again

In the fourth of a series of articles by plot holders at the Redbridge Lane West allotments – which are under threat from the adjacent gas works – Iain Ambler explains the site’s importance for local biodiversity

Derek Inkpin from local solicitors Wiseman Lee outlines the methods of enforcement available to local planning authorities when it comes to ensuring building projects do not breach the rules

Aspiring athletes from disadvantaged backgrounds often suffer to develop their talents due to a lack of resources and guidance. A couple from Wanstead are working to change that. Troy Da Costa reports

A grass verge, a raised bed, a thin strip and a circular patch. Marian Temple offers a potted guide to four new local mini gardens, courtesy of the Wanstead Community Gardeners. Photography by Geoff Wilkinson

The annual Wanstead Festival will return this Sunday (12 September) with an environmental twist.

In the second of a series of articles providing an update on the Cleaner Greener Wanstead initiative, Councillor Paul Donovan (Wanstead Village, Labour) says it’s time to tackle the waste epidemic