Listen: Bristol Unpacked on kneeling at the Euros, and nurturing diverse football talent with leading local sports coach Rayan Wilson

Season 4 of Bristol Unpacked kicks off with a conversation with local sport coach Rayan Wilson, who has been involved in training amateur and elite athletes.

Neil Maggs, Adam Cantwell-Corn and George Colwey

Latest stories

Coronavirus in Bristol

The Bristol Briefing: Covid rates 'rocketing' across the city

The latest updates on Covid in Bristol, as well as a weekly run down of the week's other big stories.

Matty Edwards and Marianne Brooker

Features

The decade-long battle to get a community centre for Horfield's Manor Farm

Residents of the ‘forgotten estate’ in Horfield welcome the granting of a community centre following a decade of campaigning, but are right to be cynical.

Arvind Howarth

Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services

Local mental health trust misses deadline to stop sending people far away from home, data shows

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust still has 30 patients who have been sent to hospitals far away from home, data reveals. Now, mental health charities and organisations are calling for 'urgent action'.

Fatima Hudoon

Reports

Non-mainstream schools being used as holding ground for Bristol children with special needs, review finds

A review of alternative learning provision was commissioned after failings in Bristol’s SEND services were criticised by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission.

Amanda Cameron (Local Democracy Reporter)

Features

'We’re not families that you can trample on.’ Mothers speak out on failings of sons with autism and learning disabilities

Matty Edwards

Investigations

Revealed: Local services slammed for serious failings of people with autism and learning disabilities

Matty Edwards

Features

‘The police have got all the power over you’: Young Bristol man speaks out about ‘violent’ stop and search experience

Hannah Vickers and Fatima Hudoon

Coronavirus in Bristol

Run-ins with punters, logistical challenges and financial fears: the Bristol pubs waiting for news on restrictions ending

James Rogerson

Reports

Seven months on from deadly Avonmouth explosion, no news from company or authorities

Alon Aviram

Coronavirus in Bristol

How vaccine hesitancy is being tackled in Bristol's diverse communities

Hannah Vickers, Lucas Batt and James Rogerson

Film

Watch: One year since Colston fell

Priyanka Raval and Aphra Evans

Investigations

Uncovering injustice and wrongdoing

Local Elections 2021

Revealed: Pornographer mayoral candidate faces assault and 'pimping' allegation

The independent mayoral candidate denies the allegations made by a young woman in an exclusive interview with the Cable

Alon Aviram

Investigations

Luke Naish’s family ‘still having to fight’ after ‘uncritical’ inquest into his death

Luke’s Naish’s loved ones say care he received from Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership was inadequate, and that his inquest did not deliver justice. They are the third family to criticise the Avon Coroner in recent years, and are now seeking a judicial review.

Jess Connett

Edition 24

Revealed: The Bristolians 'ripped off' by second hand camper van seller

For years, online rumours have swirled about ‘Bristol Bob’ – a Fishponds-based dealer of Mazda Bongo vans. A Cable investigation found customers left with thousands of pounds of repair costs and seeking legal action after being sold faulty vehicles.

Matty Edwards

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

‘Disability can’t be forgotten in our tackling of the climate crisis’

Emma Geen from Bristol Disability Equality Forum writes about the importance of a ‘just transition’ and community climate action.

Emma Geen

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

Climate impact of Bristol Airport expansion up to six times worse than claimed, says think tank

Research released today by think tank New Economics Foundation, (NEF) claims that the climate impact of Bristol Airport expansion could be up to six times...

Priyanka Raval

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

Communicating climate change – what can we learn from Covid-19?

There’s a cartoon that’s done the rounds during the pandemic – Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees recently shared it himself – depicting three ocean waves, each...

Adam Corner

Cable Community

The Bristol Cable is not just a publisher, it's a community of 2,600 people

Local Elections 2021

Cable editorial: The big story behind Bristol’s local election isn’t who won, but who voted.

The Cable editorial team on what the results mean for our city as the dust settles on the elections.

The Bristol Cable

Co-op Community

Launching an events calendar to amplify Bristol's communities

The Bristol Cable

Local Elections 2021

Bristol Citizens' Agenda: priorities for the local elections

Hundreds of Cable readers have shared what matters to them the most in the upcoming local elections.

The Bristol Cable

Co-op Community

Shape the Bristol Citizens' Agenda

The Bristol Cable

Coronavirus in Bristol

Going behind the headlines on the biggest story of 2020.

Coronavirus in Bristol

‘My family caught Covid in an outbreak at our son’s school. We’re not out of the woods yet.’

There has been a significant number of Covid outbreaks at Bristol schools amid concerns about the Delta variant.

Laura Williams

Reports

Charities scramble to find homes for 60 homeless people cut loose from Everyone In scheme

Hannah Vickers

Coronavirus in Bristol

Bristol Uni threatens to set private debt collectors on rent striking students

After a meeting with Rent Strike Bristol, the university has delayed passing on the debt onto private company STA by a month, but are refusing further concessions.

Roya Shahidi

Opinion

‘Public toilet closures are not an inconvenience, they’re an equality issue’

Chloë Maughan

Bristol Unpacked Podcast

Fascinating and challenging conversations from characters on big topics facing the city and beyond.

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Meghan, racism and the Bristol History Commission facing up to the city’s past with Dr Shawn Sobers

Shawn has been at the forefront on conversations on history, race and media in the city.

Neil Maggs, Rosa Eaton and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

The ‘war on woke’ and can patriotism be inclusive with St Pauls Carnival director, LaToyah McAllister-Jones

The government has stepped up their so-called ‘war on woke’ in the ongoing contest for Britain’s historical memory. Bristol is at the centre of the debate.

Neil Maggs, Rosa Eaton and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Bristol City FC and the highs and lows of the beautiful game

Big appointments, fan dissent and the trials and tribulations of covering Bristol City FC with Bristol Live’s dedicated club reporter, Gregor MacGregor.

Neil Maggs, Rosa Eaton and Adam Cantwell-Corn

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A piece of the puzzle

Vibrant debates and big ideas, inspiring tales of innovators and people champions, and realistic solutions to some of the most pressing issues on our streets.

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Bristol’s drug problem is threatening lives more than ever. We’re launching a series of stories about the people fighting addiction, treating it and pushing for reform.

The Ice Cream Slavery Case

A five year investigation Thousands of Bristolians and tourists have bought ice creams from Lopresti ice cream vans at iconic city landmarks over the decades.

Bristol History Podcast

Bristol History Podcast is dedicated to exploring various aspects of Bristol’s history, hosted by Tom Brothwell. Produced in partnership with the Bristol Cable since April 2018.

Bristol History Podcast

State Surveillance in Bristol and Beyond

This week I spoke with Colin Thomas and Tim Beasley of the Bristol Radical History Group to discuss the history of state surveillance in their...

Tom Brothwell

Bristol History Podcast

The Bristol Blitz

2020 marked the eightieth anniversary of the Bristol Blitz, which saw 77 Nazi air raids on the city, with six major raids taking place in the winter of 1940-41. I spoke with Eugene Byrne of the Bristol Post to discuss the origins of the Blitz and how Bristolians coped with being bombed. We also e...

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Bristol History Podcast

West Country Counterculture in the 1960s and 70s

Explore 'the artistic, radical and experimental communities that flourished at the time.'

Tom Brothwell

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Film

Watch: WTF is the Metro Mayor and a green revolution?!

In this short documentary, the Cable unpacks what the Metro Mayor is ahead of the election and delves into the much touted 'Green Revolution'. Neil Maggs investigates on a day out in Avonmouth.

Aphra Evans, Neil Maggs and Alon Aviram

Coronavirus in Bristol

Watch: Viral - What's causing mistrust in the Covid-19 vaccine?

Marcus Smith delves into why so many people of different stripes are distrustful of the vaccine in this Cable short documentary

Aphra Evans, Marcus Smith, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Priyanka Raval

Film

Watch: Could Covid Kill Bristol Rovers?

Jack Newcombe, Jon Riley and Ben Akers

Listen: Bristol Unpacked on kneeling at the Euros, and nurturing diverse football talent with leading local sports coach Rayan Wilson

Latest stories

The Bristol Briefing: Covid rates 'rocketing' across the city

The decade-long battle to get a community centre for Horfield's Manor Farm

Local mental health trust misses deadline to stop sending people far away from home, data shows

Non-mainstream schools being used as holding ground for Bristol children with special needs, review finds

'We’re not families that you can trample on.’ Mothers speak out on failings of sons with autism and learning disabilities

Revealed: Local services slammed for serious failings of people with autism and learning disabilities

‘The police have got all the power over you’: Young Bristol man speaks out about ‘violent’ stop and search experience

Run-ins with punters, logistical challenges and financial fears: the Bristol pubs waiting for news on restrictions ending

Seven months on from deadly Avonmouth explosion, no news from company or authorities

How vaccine hesitancy is being tackled in Bristol's diverse communities

Watch: One year since Colston fell

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Investigations

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Revealed: Pornographer mayoral candidate faces assault and 'pimping' allegation

Luke Naish’s family ‘still having to fight’ after ‘uncritical’ inquest into his death

Revealed: The Bristolians 'ripped off' by second hand camper van seller

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Bristol and the Climate Crisis

‘Disability can’t be forgotten in our tackling of the climate crisis’

Climate impact of Bristol Airport expansion up to six times worse than claimed, says think tank

Communicating climate change – what can we learn from Covid-19?

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Cable editorial: The big story behind Bristol’s local election isn’t who won, but who voted.

Launching an events calendar to amplify Bristol's communities

Bristol Citizens' Agenda: priorities for the local elections

Shape the Bristol Citizens' Agenda

Coronavirus in Bristol

Going behind the headlines on the biggest story of 2020.

‘My family caught Covid in an outbreak at our son’s school. We’re not out of the woods yet.’

Charities scramble to find homes for 60 homeless people cut loose from Everyone In scheme

Bristol Uni threatens to set private debt collectors on rent striking students

‘Public toilet closures are not an inconvenience, they’re an equality issue’

Bristol Unpacked Podcast

Fascinating and challenging conversations from characters on big topics facing the city and beyond.

Meghan, racism and the Bristol History Commission facing up to the city’s past with Dr Shawn Sobers

The ‘war on woke’ and can patriotism be inclusive with St Pauls Carnival director, LaToyah McAllister-Jones

Bristol City FC and the highs and lows of the beautiful game

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Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

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Edition 25 is now out!

Bristol History Podcast

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State Surveillance in Bristol and Beyond

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Watch: WTF is the Metro Mayor and a green revolution?!

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