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December 01, 2023

"support Black women at risk of deathly abuse"

Black women who are at risk of domestic murder face additional barriers in accessing support that could mean the difference between life and death, according to a new report.  Research by...

Row over Mayor's new website targeting jobless graduates

Tom BarnesLondon's mayor has boldly claimed the capital will lead the way out of the current recession by nurturing its talent pool of graduates, despite having the highest unemployment rate in the country. But critics have slammed his "ill-informed" new w ...

UK firm takes to the road in Brussels to help jobless youth

The lost generation of young people who are not in education, employment or training - NEET is the acronym officials use - are an international problem that affects most developed countries, Roger Lynch told the European Employment week conference in Bruss ...

UK police criticised for G20 brutality

British politicians have accused the Metropolitan Police Service of sending "poorly trained" officers to control the G20 protests in London. The-Latest was the first news outlet to question violent police tactics on April 1 and the circumstances ...

Associated Press joins 'steal our stories movement'

Richard Tofel - ProPublica America's biggest news agency has announced a programme to promote non-profit investigative journalism to its members for republication. The material will be distributed to Associated Press members - including essentially all ...

How citizen journalism came of age in Iran

Julie PosettiTwitter's role in the Iranian election aftermath leaves no doubt about its power as a global, real time, citizen-journalism style news wire service, along with a tool for facilitating dissent, while countering the view of Twitter as simply ...

Scoops galore, a freebie and call for your help

Marc Wadsworth - Editor, The-LatestThis website continues to punch way above its weight and beat big media to scoops. Type 'exclusive' in the search box on the site and you will see what I mean. There's a rich mix of political, celebrity and ot ...

Menace of cyberstalking to be tackled by campaigners

Graham Brown-Martin - Digital Safety conference organiserIt is estimated that global cybercrime costs US $100 billion a year. This enormous figure has eclipsed the value of the international trade in illegal drugs. World governments from that of American P ...

Don't mess with Ali at his takeaway

Local businesses in the village-like retreat of Nunhead in south east London, have been hit hard by the downturn now blighting the UK economy, managed by troubled Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, writes Deborah Hobson. Shops situated near the ...

How mobile phones can make world a better place

Marc Wadsworth Geeks, charity workers, citizen journalists, a futurist and other people interested in working together using new technology for the common good met at a "social change camp" in London on Saturday hosted by a top mobile phone opera ...

Bloggers ask: How can I justify staying a Labour member?

Prime minister Gordon Brown botched it when he used YouTube to make an ill-fated announcement about Sleazegate MPs' expenses. More internet-savvy Labour bloggers have been online venting their spleen on the embattled party leadership. Here's a sele ...

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