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On 5th May the nation will be asked to choose between keeping our current voting system of first past the post (FPTP) or change to the alternative vote (AV) system.

The final AV community leaders rally. You’re invited.

On Wednesday the 27th of April you are invited to a rally that will help win the AV referendum and improve our democracy.

Speakers include Former Minister David Lammy, Business secretary Vince Cable MP, Chair of Fairer Votes Katie Ghose, and many others.

Help us make history and ensure our communities are central to this historic debate.

Book your free ticket now by emailing ticket@obv.org.uk

Lee Jasper highlights the Met Commissioner's article speaking out about cuts, as the black community ask itself is murder the most profitable business in the inner cities?

As each week passes we witness what seems like a relentless increase in gun and knife crime across the capital. Another shooting, another stabbing, another innocent victim becomes a causality seems to be the daily news.

Depressingly there is a growing and general consensus that cuts to public sector spending we will see an increase in these type of murders in London.

The digital world polling company comScore have released a survey of the most popular English language new sites in the World. The New York Times is light years ahead of the competition with 61,964,000 unique visitors.

Astonishingly, it is the UK's Daily Mail that comes second (39,635,000), followed by Huffington Post (38,429,000), The Tribune Newspapers (34,624,000) and at fifth the Guardian (30,891,000).

The responses to David Cameron’s recent comments on immigration keep coming. We’ve covered it with an alternative speech that the Prime Minister could have said and in today’s Guardian journalist Hugh Muir has the following to say:

Author David Dalgleish writes about John Cleese’ recent remarks on Englishness arguing the issue is bigger than the former comedian’s comments.

Should we be more concerned with contentious statements made by famous people, or their use by those who wish to use these incidents to peddle their own gripes with immigration and diversity?

London Assembly Member Murad Qureshi writes a strongly worded rebuttal to Baroness Warsi's recent claims about the BNP and the Alternative Vote (AV). Arguing that AV will in fact damage the BNP rather than boost them a yes vote for AV is a no vote to the BNP.

Not one to rest on their laurels the ACLT (African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust) are continuing the big push to ensure their doors stay open to carry on their vital lukaemia work.

The charity successfully raised 120,000 pounds to keep the Trust afloat when they faced closure at the beginning of the year. The hard fundraising work paid off and they continue the drive over the coming Bank holiday with a celebrity football match.

THE BNP has been reported to the Electoral Commission over a campaign leaflet that falsely claims there are more Muslims in the UK than Scots.

A pamphlet was put through letterboxes across Scotland which said the BNP would put an end to mosque-building and warning of a “flood” of Eastern European immigrants about to arrive in Scotland.

If you are young or youngish and would like to state your case for or against AV, your chance has come - join Richard Bacon for a BBC 3 AV special.

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­BBC3 are producing a one-off special programme - Young Voters Question Time AV Special - about the UK referendum on the voting system, and they are inviting students to get involved as part of the audience and ask questions in the debate.