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After a life-threatening illness left her beloved Cavapoo Teddy fighting for survival, Lauren Juggler Crook turned to her community for help and was overwhelmed by an extraordinary outpouring of kindness

South Woodford’s Summer Festival will return this July, with George Lane partially closed to traffic for the event.

Gardens in South Woodford will open to the public this July, inviting visitors to explore hidden plots, wildlife havens and tranquil spaces while raising funds for charity. Fiona Grant encourages you to take a look

Ahead of a talk about war memorials in June, Richard Speller, vice-chair of the Woodford and District Centre of the National Trust, offers an introduction to these important symbols of our shared heritage. Photo

In the fourth of a series of articles featuring images by Woodford and Wanstead Photographic Society members, Anuraj Theivendram looks at David Tyrrell’s award-winning work

South Woodford resident Lakshman Pathak recalls how the Class 315 train from First Great Eastern sparked his love of railways and led to a restoration project in time for the train’s 45th birthday

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

Residents are invited to join a community litter-picking session at Eagle Pond in Snaresbrook in May

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

Lynn Haseldine Jones will be presenting local postcards of the past at the April meeting of the Woodford Historical Society

The Friends of the River Roding’s Wanstead and Woodford local group are on a mission to restore the river and its tributaries, one bag of rubbish and one forgotten stream at a time.

A Muslim charity is hoping to convert a former restaurant building in South Woodford into an inclusive community centre