Anti-smoking campaigners reject council’s defence of £10.5 million pension fund investments in tobacco stocks

With a fact-free campaign, Tory MPs are attempting to bring the worst of the US abortion debate to British politics

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

Anti-smoking campaigners angry at Town Hall tobacco investments. ‘Everyone does it’ response from council as it promotes smoke-free kids’ play area

A new eatery in London Fields leads the way in health-giving, sustainable, ethical food

Local authorities must protect budgets, says Lord Moynihan, as drive to get more people playing sport falters

The council, as part of the Hackney Tobacco Control Alliance, is introducing a new no-smoking initiative in the borough’s most popular park

Diane Abbott among those opposing involvement of anti-abortion charity in possible amendment to law

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 final in our four-part series on eating well from a local nutritional therapist