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Deborah Hobson

The first public monument to Black women in England was unveiled in an historic ceremony which took place in Stockwell Gardens, south London on Wednesday.

Marc Wadsworth

Under threatFor weeks staff at a south London art gallery have been waging a war against each other which threatens its survival, as reported by this website.

Yet the charity bosses in charge have done nothing to step in and end hostilities. So, today, The-Latest is making the unprecedented move of naming and shaming the trustees of the 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning gallery on the 'frontline' of Britain's Black community at Brixton, south London.

Marc Wadsworth - EXCLUSIVE

Lucy DaviesAudley CampbellSam UwadiaeToday The-Latest breaks new ground with an extraordinary video which shows the warfare being waged at a publicly funded British community arts centre. This is an example of much-needed citizen journalism - coming at a time when other parts of the news media have been dumbed down and become reliant on 'churnalism' (the lazy reproduction of press releases).

Peter Horrocks - head of BBC Newsroom

Crazed killer: Matti Juhani SaariThe use of the YouTube footage of the Finnish gunman (watch here) caused much debate at BBC News and was handled differently by us and other UK broadcasters. Our competitors chose to run the full footage of Matti Juhani Saari issuing his threat "You will die next", followed by him firing towards the camera and the explosion of pieces of fruit across the lens as his bullets found their target.

Citizen journalism is hereAt The-Latest citizen journalism is at the heart of the website. What we want to hear about are the issues that matter to you. The part our members play in making the news is paramount.

Marc Wadsworth

Rail tickets check in London this morningWe should feel a lot safer in the British capital now there has been a fall in the number of crimes being committed. Londoners must surely be happier that burglaries, robberies and vehicle crime has decreased – the latest figures show a fall from 850 to 800 a month.

Nicholas Carson

Nobody reads terms of service agreements. Those legal documents new users have to click a box to say they've read. And the truth is, they hardly matter to anybody but the cyber-rights-now crowd who get worked up by articles on the Boing Boing website and the paranoid lawyers at large Web companies who want to avoid money-fishing lawsuits.