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Photo series: Finding solace in the marshes

Brenna Duncan’s photo series, for our Changes theme, looks at the seasonal changes she’s seen during a year of...

Waterworks Festival bid rejected

Report by Victoria Munro, Local Democracy Reporter A dance music festival that organisers had hoped to hold next to...

Music festival threatens nature reserve

The bid to stage a music festival on Leyton Marsh is just the latest threat faced by this part...

Making history

The River Lea has a rich industrial heritage

Lindsay Collier from Lea Valley Heritage Alliance on the launch of a new exhibition celebrating the region’s industrial history...

We must celebrate our industrial heritage

Lindsay Collier, chair of Lea Valley Heritage Alliance, on the campaign to create a new regional industrial museum We...

Celebrating our industrial roots

A B-Type bus built in Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, now on display at the Imperial War Museum

Lindsay Collier from Lea Valley Heritage Alliance on why we should be doing more to celebrate our local industrial...

£30m ice rink plans revealed

Impression of how the new Olympic-sized twin ice rink in Lea Bridge Road might look

Fears that replacement for Lee Valley Ice Centre will encroach on marshes, reports by James Cracknell Long-awaited plans for...

Helping life flourish on the Lea

Cormorants can often be seen in the River Lea

Money awarded to environmental voluntary group, writes Frances Dismore Community-led waterways clean-up group Stonebridge Lock Coalition (SLC) have been...

Wonder of the wetlands

Nature lover Stephen Ayers, also known as ‘Wetlands Steve’, looks ahead to the opening of Walthamstow Wetlands As a...

Making history in the Lea Valley

A new partnership has been launched to promote the Lea Valley’s industrial heritage, writes Mike Seaborne Despite the London...