Brent South MP Paul Boateng, pictured with 4-year-olds Monique Braithwaite and Reece Johnstone, last week opened the £2.3m Faywood Children’s Centre in Stonebridge, north-west London. The centre, funded by the Stonebridge Housing Trust, includes a science garden, a Mongolian yurt made with half a tonne of sheep’s wool and the largest sandpit in the borough.