The latest apparent error by Hackney Council around air quality at schools rings major alarm bells and is enough to convince me that children are far from its priority. In the past year the council has: - Incorrectly measured the distances between school facades and pollution monitors, (which could be used to make schools appear less polluted), - Used a less stringent pollution limit for school playgrounds than other local authorities and the GLA and - Given wrong information

This year my New Year’s Resolution was not to give up anything! The barrage of adverts on social media this January about how much weight we could all lose if we gave up this or that or went on some bonkers diet was exhausting and I can’t help but wonder by now how many people will already have given up giving things up. This constant pressure to be thinner, to exercise more to not eat meat or drink wine or eat sugar or junk is boring and it adds stress to our already crazy l

Pupils in Stoke Newington have teamed up with popular children’s illustrator Al Murphy to create a map of low-pollution walking routes. The map, which highlights the area’s most polluted streets and suggests alternative cleaner routes, was put together by Year 4 children at William Patten Primary School. It’s being distributed via schools and nurseries to thousands of children in the area. The children used personal exposure monitors to measure the amount of black carbon pre