Candidate statement by Martin Rosner

Woodford residents Shan and James Lau were honoured at the Redbridge Mayor’s Community Awards in March

Local teenager Jessica Ryan received The Recorder Young Citizen Award at Redbridge Town Hall in March

Alan Coppin, caretaker at Hermitage Court in Snaresbrook, was honoured at the Redbridge Mayor’s Community Awards in March

Open-air theatre will return to Wanstead Park this summer

A Blossom Day celebration will take place at the South Woodford Community Orchard on 26 April

For a decade, the South Woodford Bereavement Café volunteers have offered tea, time, togetherness and a listening ear in a safe, welcoming space where people can share their grief

Some South Woodford scribbles from DD, our resident diarist and observer of all things local. Illustrated by Evelyn Rowland

Residents are encouraged to ensure they are registered to vote in time for the local council elections taking place on 7 May

Ahead of a talk in April about Wanstead and Woodford’s women of note, Lynn Haseldine Jones reflects on the life and work of artist and writer Beatrice Playne (1908–2000)

In the third of a series of articles featuring images by the Woodford and Wanstead Photographic Society, Anuraj Theivendram explains his passion for canine portraits

Children are invited to take part in an Easter Egg hunt in Elmhurst Gardens on 28 March