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The new public space: how Britons have reclaimed the streets

From guerilla gardening to outdoor ping-pong, we are becoming more creative with the gaps developers leave behind



Jewish schools are not a faith school ‘menace’

My local Jewish primary is multicultural and academically excellent, and shows Dawkins is wrong about faith schools



Hideously diverse Britain: The world is getting smaller

Growing up in east London, I walked north, west and south and rode buses to explore the city. A couple of generations later, young men can’t walk to the end of the street



Time to review police use of ‘joint enterprise’

The police are using this ancient concept to tackle urban gangs, but can it be fairly administered?



Hackney Council should be held to account

The actions of the powers-that-be must be subject to scrutiny in the interests of democracy and an informed citizenry



Hackney Council Annual General Meeting 2010

Wednesday 26 May, Hackney Town Hall



Clapton residents should be applauding Tesco

Letter in support of plans for new supermarket



Somebody got shot

A local resident’s thoughts on the London Fields shooting



The shooting at London Fields: the ‘kidz’ are here!

A local resident’s perspective on Saturday’s shooting of a sunbather in London Fields



Diane Abbott is right to call for Yarl’s Wood closure, say campaigners

Signatures sought for petitions to End Child Detention Now