Louise Burgess thanks local – and world-class – opera singer Lucy Crowe for her alfresco performances during lockdown, which kept many in the community entertained

Woodford Town FC finally returned to the borough in August for their inaugural match at the refurbished Ashton Playing Fields after years of ground-sharing in Harlow. John Dillon reports

Snaresbrook Primary School pupil Ellis Gentles has set a new athletic record for the under-9s 75m sprint.

Redbridge Council has launched a consultation on proposals to reduce through traffic and create ‘safer, quieter, and more attractive streets’ in the Oakdale area of South Woodford.

Healthwatch Redbridge is running a survey to collate people’s experiences of local dental services

A statement from Woodford Arts Group

One of South Woodford’s most senior residents, master craftswoman Wendy Lawson, is surrounded in her home by beautiful examples of her own handiwork. Bernice Butcher meets a woman of many talents

Vision RCL has issued a statement following the selection of kGems Day Nursery as the new operators of the former bowls club site in Elmhurst Gardens

Campaigners seeking to overturn the decision to award the former Elmhurst Gardens bowls club site to a private nursery held a protest picnic in the park in August.

A petition calling for speeding controls and safer pavements on Hermon Hill has been sent to John Cryer MP.

English longhorns returned to Wanstead Park in August to graze until the beginning of September.

Redbridge Council is giving away 50,000 spring-flowering bulbs in the return of its Big Bulb Giveaway.