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Episode 5: Crime in Hackney

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service follows East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park. Nina Robertson reports from Hackney, just moments away from the London 2012 Olympics.

This Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service series has been tracking the lives of East Londoners living on a deprived housing estate, in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park for the past two years. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Nina Robinson reports.

Episode 5: Crime in Hackney

These latest programmes look more closely at poverty and crime, to see how far some of those people who are most excluded from society are living, while an investment of billions of pounds is being spent around them.

Young people in Hackney are vulnerable to the criminal gangs based in the area. Nina Robinson finds out if any new facilities have been built to give young people new opportunities and keep them out of trouble.

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25 minutes

Last on

Mon 4 Apr 2011 01:05GMT

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  • Sat 2 Apr 2011 13:05GMT
  • Sat 2 Apr 2011 18:05GMT
  • Sun 3 Apr 2011 08:05GMT
  • Sun 3 Apr 2011 21:05GMT
  • Mon 4 Apr 2011 01:05GMT