Artist Alison Stenhouse – who has been inspired by the blossoming trees of Wanstead and South Woodford – introduces her fellow Woodford Arts Group members, who will all be taking part in a late-spring exhibition at Packfords Hotel (restrictions pending)

Pupils from Nightingale Primary School have raised £2,200 for the PTA’s Covid Response Fund by taking part in a team ‘marafun’ challenge

The Woodford and District National Trust Centre is planning for a return to in-person meetings this autumn.

Kathie Teahan is one of many residents who would like to see the empty bowls club behind the hedges in the centre of Elmhurst Gardens become a resource that is open to everyone in the community. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson

A South Woodford resident is urging local drivers to take note of the Idling Action London campaign.

The City of London is consulting the public over the future of cycling in Wanstead Park.

Redbridge Council is seeking community input on how to improve high streets across the borough.

A new temporary Post Office has opened in The Galleria shopping arcade, replacing the George Lane branch which closed for good on 28 April.

The first seven trees – including cherry and apple trees – have been planted at the community orchard site

The South Woodford Society has been awarded £2,500 by the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Fund.

The Rotary Club of Leytonstone and Woodford will be hosting a virtual festival of music on 21 May

As Woodford Arts Group make tentative plans for an exhibition in June (with a virtual display back up), group member Ged Rumak compares and contrasts two of his spring-themed paintings