Veteran justice campaigner Paul May was asked to help out by friends of Hallam following conviction in 2005

The London Bike Kitchen in Hoxton only recently opened its doors but is already catering for a loyal fanbase

The ex-Tory party co-treasurer and hedge fund manager is a self-made man, hailing from Hackney

A panel of locals enjoys a preview of the Channel 4 drama’s first episode, but finds plenty of flaws in Ronan Bennett’s supposedly realistic portrayal of life in the borough

Allow 5 hours for this food-lover’s hike across Hackney

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

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

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

Boris Johnson has given youth violence a high profile, but needs to ask whether stop-and-search does more harm than good