March 2020

Members of the Wanstead, Woodford and Barkingside Marie Curie Fundraising Group have reached their £100,000 target. Jill Playford thanks local supporters and explains how the money will be used A celebration was held in...

Rising at Molehill Green in Essex, the River Roding passes through the Wanstead and Woodford area en route to the Thames, bringing with it a very real flood risk to local homes. In...

Ultrasound Choir has donated £1,369 to Breast Cancer Now, the UK’s largest breast cancer charity. The money was raised at the choir’s two Christmas cabaret shows last December. “We held a raffle on...

Historian and author Diane Atkinson – whose latest book has become the definitive history of the suffragettes – will be discussing some ‘remarkable lives’ at Wanstead Library this March I’m really looking forward...

The Zoological Society of London is on the lookout for citizen scientists to help prevent river pollution, with a training event in Woodford Green this March. Conservation biologist Phoebe Shaw Stewart reports Throughout...

From Hermon Hill to the High Road, Terry Townsend outlines where he likes to spend his money and why, in the first of a series of articles offering a resident’s view of shopping...

Registration is now open for the Haven House Children’s Hospice Sparkle Walk 2020. The 10km route – which will start on Christchurch Green, Wanstead on 15 May at 7pm (entry fee: £16) –...

In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March, Redbridge Libraries will be working with local homeless organisations to supply their service users with some much-needed support. From 2 to 7 March, South...