Hackney social services condemned over failures after mother kills children
Coroner criticises staff who allowed woman suffering from paranoid schizophrenia unsupervised overnight visits
Society
London legacy: bridge-building in Hackney Wick
A dispute between Olympic legacy planning authorities and a small community in Hackney over a proposed bridge highlights some larger legacy issues
London legacy: Hackney’s mayor ‘delighted’ as media centre’s preferred bidder is named
The legacy corporation has settled on a potential tenant after speculation that press and broadcast buildings might be demolished instead
Chatsworth Road: the frontline of Hackney’s gentrification
Five years ago, it was one of London’s roughest areas. Then the middle classes moved in; galleries, cafes and a Sunday market followed – and prices shot up. But not everyone’s happy
Protester receives Olympics asbo
London man who opposed construction of basketball venue believed to be first to receive wide-ranging ban from Olympics
A new generation of schools offers a cure for jobless youth
In east London, the best jobs aren’t going to local people. A new school aims to solve that
Occupy London protesters take over empty UBS bank offices
Activists host press conference in building owned by Swiss bank as St Paul’s Cathedral camp faces high court action
How Hackney reclaimed child protection social work
Is a model of social work that radically transformed child protection in one borough about to go mainstream?
Top Boy gets a mixed reception from Hackney’s youth
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
Top boy: stories of Hackney’s young drug dealers
Ronan Bennett spent two years interviewing gang members in east London for his powerfully personal TV drama, Top Boy. Here he describes their hidden, hopeless world – and the lengths they’ll go to escape from it
After the riots: the Hackney worker teaching young men to be ambitious
Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams
Frustration fallout after EastEnders declines Olympic Park move
The BBC’s decision not to move the production base of its flagship soap to the Games broadcast centre makes the job of filling that space in the long term more difficult
Panel examining the riots lacks independence and teeth
To ensure the avoidance of politically expedient explanations, a public inquiry into the unrest should have been established, says Patrick Vernon
Will the National Citizen Service stop young people rioting?
David Cameron says the scheme will restore values, responsibility and self-discipline. Its critics say it is too expensive and will not help disaffected youngsters
The Hackney Heroine tells why she confronted rioters
Pauline Pearce – the woman with a walking stick – became a YouTube sensation after tackling looters in the street. Now she fears there’s more trouble ahead
Hackney riots: ‘The message when youth clubs close is that no one cares’
Half the borough’s children live in poverty. Missing, too, are the summer courses that kept minds and hands busy