Is a model of social work that radically transformed child protection in one borough about to go mainstream?

Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams

Half the borough’s children live in poverty. Missing, too, are the summer courses that kept minds and hands busy

We all admire a heroine who speaks her mind. Often, though, it’s better to button it

At street level in trouble-hit Hackney, residents paint a depressing picture of alienation, anger, boredom and mischief

Beekeepers are divided over whether the influx of honeybees in our cities puts a strain on their food resources

A cacophony of local voices made this haunting fiction of London after The Flood come alive

The Olympics have fuelled regeneration, but while many welcome the changes, some fear its character will be lost

Do you like your vino red, white or green? Borough Wines’s bring-your-own-bottle service cuts cost and carbon drastically

Diane Abbott among those opposing involvement of anti-abortion charity in possible amendment to law