Category: Wansteadium

Polling takes place for councillors to sit on Redbridge Borough Council on Thursday 5 May from 7am to 10pm. These are the candidates for the two Wanstead wards.

Wanstead Village Ward

• Crispin Acton Liberal Democrats
• Jo Blackman Labour Party
• Gavin Chambers Conservative and Unionist Party
• Paul Donovan Labour Party
• Neil Hepworth Liberal Democrats
• Fatema Hussain Conservative and Unionist Party
• Sharn Kalsi Conservative and Unionist Party
• Richard William Lafferty Green Party
• Susanne Marshall Green Party
• Daniel Morgan-Thomas Labour Party
• John Herbert Rowlands Green Party
• Scott Wilding Liberal Democrats

Wanstead Park Ward

• Bayo Alaba Labour Party
• Sheila Bain Labour Party
• David Bruck Liberal Democrats
• Janet May Cornish Liberal Democrats
• Ashley Gunstock Green Party
• Duncan McWatt Conservative and Unionist Party
• Zak Vora Conservative and Unionist Party

There is a list of polling stations with addresses here.

Great reviews from the opening night of Wanstead’s new professional theatre company’s first production. Congratulations to all concerned – tickets are still available for some performances.

Interesting to hear Wes Streeting, MP for part of Wansteadium’s zone, telling the BBC about his religion and politics.

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting spoke to #BBCNewscast about his Christian faith and politics.

Hear more on BBC Sounds 🎧 https://t.co/nSvnvwn3Nw pic.twitter.com/TLhZQFJXZh

— BBC Sounds (@BBCSounds) April 21, 2022

A.K. Turner’s new crime novel, which is being was to have been launched in Wanstead on Wednesday, has had a major boost from the Sunday Times books review, with this glowing write-up:

There are still tickets available for the launch which is taking place upstairs at the Bull at 6.30 on Wednesday. (Tickets are £3 and will count towards a copy of the book.) UPDATE: The event has now been postponed and will be rescheduled for an evening during the Fringe, which is taking place between 10 and 25 September.

POSTPONED – Book launch for Life Sentence by A. K. Turner

A rather large dog, apparently stray, wandered in to Our Lady of Lourdes church on Friday as Wanstead churchgoers of all denominations joined together in their traditional Good Friday procession and service.

The dog took advantage of the open doors, boldly strolled in to the church, roamed around the altar and where the joined clergy were sitting, and sniffed a few of the worshippers – who were starting to look alarmed at the animal.

The dog didn’t appear to have a collar, and to some looked rather wolfish with the kind of blue-eyed stare you normally only see on TV or from behind a fence.

He took himself off in search of sustenance elsewhere and all was well.