London 2012 Olympics: Crackdown on brothels ‘puts sex workers at risk’
Police clean-up of London’s Olympic boroughs is pushing vice crime and human trafficking underground, say critics
The Observer
Out of an urban backwater, the 2012 Olympic dream takes shape
The debate about the cost and ‘legacy’ of construction will outlast the 2012 Olympic Games, but no one can deny the new venues are a bold addition to London’s landscape
Mesothelioma: Hospice wins landmark victory in asbestos cancer case
Court decision to make engineering firm pay £10,000 towards care of victim to open door for more claims from hospices
Art and the brain
Kate Kellaway admires an exhibition of artworks exploring the experience of neurological damage
Lone wolf Phillips Idowu anxious to hunt down the pack in Barcelona
Beneath the dyed hair the world triple-jump champion is a fierce competitor