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.

New recycling bins have been put in place at Sainsbury’s on George Lane.

A Food and Fun Day will mark the return of community events at St Mary’s Church on 11 September

Redbridge Council's Local Forum for residents in the west of the borough will take place this evening (28 July, from 7pm)

Some South Woodford scribbles from DD, our resident diarist, commentator and observer of all things local

The latest stamp duty holiday is over, meaning buyers need to be aware of the implications to their chain and mortgage offer, says Derek Inkpin from local solicitors Wiseman Lee

Trinity Catholic High School pupil Nate Harding has become an Energy Envoy for the National Energy Foundation. Here, the 14-year-old explains why, and introduces the awareness poster he created