Many direct impacts of the Olympics are already positive, not least that the follow-through is actually happening

Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the London Olympics, a grand sporting event intended also to re-vitalise London’s East End. Interviews with residents of the Borough of Newham before and after the games show that a majority of them feel their area has improved. Anne Power concludes that, whilst it is too early to say how the legacy will play out over a longer period, it is being followed through with more thought and commitment than forecast.