Investigations

Uncovering injustice and wrongdoing

Investigations

Transparency matters: why is Bristol City Council failing on freedom of information?

Cable research shows that Bristol is worse than many other major cities at handling citizens’ FOI requests. Why is this a problem – and will the end of the mayoral system next year bring more open local government in the city?

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Investigations

Inside Avon and Somerset Police’s new ‘whole story approach’ to catching rapists 

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Investigations

Bristol rogue landlord rented out room despite banning order, tenants say

Daisy Steinhardt
Daisy Steinhardt

Investigations

Exclusive: Banned rogue landlord under council investigation for listing properties on Airbnb

Holiday lettings firm removes listings after Cable investigation uncovers evidence showing Naomi Knapp's homes have been available to let on its website, via a third party.

Daisy Steinhardt
Daisy Steinhardt

Reports

‘A Pandora’s box’? What impact will Fishponds’ big new developments have, and who stands to profit?

Alex Turner Alon Aviram
Alex Turner and Alon Aviram

Investigations

‘Hollow victory’: a rape survivor’s journey through a broken criminal justice system  

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Life in Lansdowne

Revealed: Catalogue of police failings before Shannon Beirne fell to her death

In the second instalment of this special Cable investigation, we reveal a series of missed opportunities by officers who had contact with the 25-year-old two hours before she died

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Investigations

Revealed: Carpentry firm that switched names and pocketed deposits now under investigation

After reporting on a shadowy online firm that regularly changed names and owed multiple customers hundreds of pounds last year, the Cable has found evidence linking it to a new business that also keeps shifting its identity.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Investigations

Image of modular homes at Bonnington, Lockleaze showing bricks being removed (credit: David Griffiths)

‘Crisis’ extends housing misery for Lockleaze buyers, as L&G admits mould issues on sister scheme

Modular homes at Legal & General's Bonnington development will be taken off their foundations, leaving buyers waiting up to a year, while serious mould problems had to be fixed at another scheme in Yorkshire, the Cable can reveal.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Life in Lansdowne

After the fall: a death at Lansdowne Court

A vulnerable woman falls to her death from a tower block. Her partner is present. In this special Cable investigation, we try to find out what happened to Shannon Beirne.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Investigations

Rogue landlord yacht owner turns to Airbnb after fleecing tenants’ of their deposits

Thomas Flight, whose Miss Conduct yacht sits in Bristol Harbour, has been convicted of a series of offences against his previous tenants but his properties are now on the short-term let market.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Investigations

Revealed: ‘Miss Conduct’ yacht owner is rogue landlord who spun ‘web of deceit’ to mislead tenants

Thomas Flight hid behind aliases and fake addresses, and deployed aggressive ‘agents’ to deny people living in his St Paul's flats their rights as tenants.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison
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