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Shooting in Wanstead High Street

Wanstead High Street has been closed by police following a shooting incident overnight. Tweets here as they are added. Any further info please send to info@wansteadium.com

Wanstead donors

Not a new kebab shop, but a roll of honour for those who dug deep for the playground crowdfunding. There were lots of people who gave according to their means, and the organisers are very grateful to them, but at Wansteadium’s suggestion those who made a special contribution deserved a public pat on the back.

They are

  • Keatons Estate Agents £1,000
  • SoccerTutor.com £750
  • Petty Son & Prestwich £500
  • Martin & Co Estate Agents £505
  • Dabora Conway Estate Agents £500
  • Little Bears Nursery £282
  • Zeeba Nursery £500
  • Wanstead Comedy Night £400
  • T Space Architects £200
  • Wanstead Village Directory £100
  • Blake Hall Publishing £100
  • Douglas Allen Estate Agents £200
  • Treehouse Nursery £200
  • Wanstead Society £100
  • Wanstead Business Network £100
  • The Larder £100
  • Wanstead Village Directory £100
  • Wanstead Pram Group £100

Wanstead weekend photo CXXIII


Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “Sadly no sign of the eclipse, too much cloud cover but here’s a nice picture anyway…The river Roding forms the eastern boundary of Wanstead. Most people know that it’s there but I’ll bet not that many have seen it in all its beauty. Many people may glimpse it as they drive over the bridge near the Redbridge roundabout but it really is worth a stroll along its banks. This picture shows it passing through Wanstead Park, see what I mean about the beauty.”

Whipps Cross put into special measures

Whipps Cross hospital suffers from bullying, and doesn’t have enough staff to provide the right level of care for patients, a review has found. It has been put into special measures following a report by the watchdog the Care Quality Commission.

The BBC is reporting the concerns include:

â–    Insufficient staffing levels to provide safe care, high use of agency staff and low staff morale

â–    A persisting culture of bullying and harassment

â–    Bed occupancy that is too high

â–    A failure to meet national waiting time targets

The hospital trust says it will introduce the necessary steps to improve the service.

Good news for bees, bad news for hedgehogs

GOOD NEWS FOR BEES
The pioneering Seeds for Snaresbrook campaign – which launched last year by asking residents to “adopt” tree pits near their houses and then to plant bee-friendly flowers – is again offering people free seeds.

Ann Williams, co-ordinator of the Wanstead and Woodford Friends of the Earth says the group still has seeds for sowing in April in spare pieces of ground, including people’s gardens. And she adds that people who live in Redbridge but are outside Snaresbrook ward can also request seeds. Anyone interested should get in touch via their website – Wanstead and Woodford Friends of the Earth – or their Facebook page.

BAD NEWS FOR HEDGEHOGS

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