Young Londoners still don’t feel police are on their side
Boris Johnson has given youth violence a high profile, but needs to ask whether stop-and-search does more harm than good
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Why are some mentally ill patients treated like criminals?
When Linda Morgan’s son Joe Paraskeva was sectioned, he tried to escape from hospital and was given a prison sentence that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. His mother has launched a campaign, Justice for Joe, to highlight his case
The buck has to stop with Sharon Shoesmith
There is no point making scapegoats of frontline staff. A case such as Baby P’s requires top managers to take responsibility
Contract killers as young as 15 recruited to do drug syndicates’ dirty work
Turkish crime gangs in north London thought to be linked to spate of killings
‘Big society’ tsar Lord Wei leaves post after less than a year
Cabinet office insists departure does not mark scaling back of project, but Labour say flagship policy is descending into farce
The 21 strides Phillips Idowu hopes will take him to Olympic gold
The British triple-jumper is getting closer to Jonathan Edwards’ 16-year-old world record
Barbican unveils Olympics arts festival
Programme includes theatre productions starring Juliette Binoche and Cate Blanchett, and major Bauhaus exhibition
Britain’s youngest ‘hitman’ convicted of woman’s murder
Teenage gang member known as Riot was 15 when he killed Gulistan Subasi outside her Hackney home last year
Slavery claim women to receive payout from the Metropolitan police
Four awarded total of £20,000 after high court judge rules their allegations were not properly investigated
London Olympics’ ticketing process is peculiar, says Boris Johnson
Mayor comments come amid concerns over applicants being deducted money weeks before finding out what tickets they’ll get
Top universities patronising poorer teenagers, headteacher says
Sir Michael Wilshaw says clever pupils from poorer backgrounds want to get into Oxbridge on their merits, not by being given lower offers
London Living Wage: a message from the Mayor
Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone are both trying to claim ownership of the London Living Wage campaign
Olympics ticket payments postponed
Money will not be taken from customers’ accounts for another week as ballots still being run to determine who gets tickets
Mr Briggs’ Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain’s First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun – review
After a juddering start, Kate Colquhoun’s account of the first murder on the British railway really gets going
Health agency issues Olympics emergency warning
Health Protection Agency says upheaval caused by its abolition could pose ‘extreme risks’ during Olympic Games