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Prisoners increasingly using 'spice', which is undetectable but has put growing numbers of users in hospital

Prison officials, toxicologists, campaigners and smokers tell Symeon Brown about a form of synthetic cannabis that's more potent than grown cannabis, difficult to detect, and hard to legislate against

School and college students tell education secretary why he is right to 'step in now' and start teaching FGM in UK schools to safeguard children

London poet shows solidarity with Fahma Mohamed with poem calling on Michael Gove to involve schools in FGM campaign

Warsan Shire recites her poem Girls, written exclusively for the Guardian's campaign to end female genital mutilation

Symeon Brown: A racially diverse police force would be good – but it's more important that the force holds its officers to account

The Guardian and LSE's community conversations laid bare various, sometimes conflicting, perspectives – but everywhere there were concerns about disenfranchised youth

Local resident Symeon Brown visits three organisations who are attempting to rebuild their community after the August 2011 riots in Tottenham, north London

Toxteth youth worker Mya Taylor-Smith describes the riots in her neighbourhood, and says she believes most young people involved were swept along with the excitement