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Features 5th June, 2026

In the first in a four-part series, trans Bristolians tell the Cable how last year’s Supreme Court decision on the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act has affected their lives

Hannah Vickers

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Profiling Power

Surveillance isn’t safeguarding: Think Family and the fight for transparency

Bristol City Council says its mass data gathering tool is designed to protect, not profile the 55,000 families it monitors. But is it pushing school children into the criminal justice system?

Sean Morrison

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Ben Carpenter – amid knife crime, online harms and isolation, what should our youth services look like?

Neil and Grassroot Communities' Ben Carpenter discuss the state of youth services in Bristol and beyond, the new Youth Zone in the south of the city, and how we can better serve our young people.

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Hope Is Around The Corner

How to celebrate in times of horror

A chat with a mentee over biryani becomes a crash course in how to be real on the page

Nikesh Shukla

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Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Paul Smith on spending £20m and ensuring Hartcliffe doesn’t get betrayed again

The housing chief and former councillor on helping residents of the neighbourhood where he grew up decide how to spend a decade-long government grant – and making sure that actually benefits locals.

Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media

Edition 43

How local pension funds invest millions in defence, and why divestment isn’t simple

Avon Pension Fund manages £6 billion for 135,000 workers — but its investments in defence are sparking debate

Faith Rhiannon Clarke

Edition 43

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Sukkot: In solidarity

Last October, members of Jewish activist group Na’amod gathered for the harvest festival of Sukkot. Their event focused on solidarity with Palestine and remembrance of the devastation in Gaza

Muznah Sh Farah

The Cornerman

In this four-part true crime investigation, the Cable unmasks one of Britain’s most elusive crime bosses - the Cornerman, so-called for taking a corner out of every crooked deal that came his way and hurting those who don’t pay up.

In Disrepair: Bristol’s broken renting system

This series will tell the stories of renters in Bristol, dig into how the pandemic has affected the crisis, and, crucially, what can be done about it. We will join the dots between local issues and the wider housing crisis in the UK, holding the council and central government to account on pledges for action.

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.

‘I don’t want to use the trans loos’

Latest stories

Surveillance isn’t safeguarding: Think Family and the fight for transparency

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Ben Carpenter – amid knife crime, online harms and isolation, what should our youth services look like?

How to celebrate in times of horror

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Paul Smith on spending £20m and ensuring Hartcliffe doesn’t get betrayed again

How local pension funds invest millions in defence, and why divestment isn’t simple

Sukkot: In solidarity

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Edition 43

In this edition, the Palestinian diaspora in Bristol talk about allyship, isolation and enduring grief. We hold local power structures to account for their complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and spotlight the resistance.

How the BBC failed Gaza

The workers who tried to make ‘swords into ploughshares’

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We've Got Your Boy

A new investigative podcast series on school exclusions, child imprisonment, and the roots of serious youth violence.

We’ve Got Your Boy: Episode 5, The Streets Don’t Love You

We’ve Got Your Boy: Episode 4, Ain’t No One’s Friend

The Big Story

Uncovering injustice and wrongdoing

‘We wanted allies, not saviours’: Bristol’s Palestinian diaspora on allyship, isolation and enduring grief

Hurt people, hurt people: The hidden lives of children behind bars

A year ago, Bristol showed up to resist racist, anti-migrant hatred. But the fight’s not over

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Weekly podcasts

From audio investigations to People Just Do Something, listen to deep-dives into local issues and recordings of live events.

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Yassin Mohamud, the city’s first Somali lord mayor on bringing people together

Listen: People Just Do Something – Sarah Jaffe on love in the time of fascism

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Lewis Wedlock – towards a positive masculinity

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Kerri Matthews – what happens to families when parents go to prison?

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Explained: What do council funding reforms mean for Bristol?

Watch: How Section 60 contributes to rifts between police and the communities they serve

VIDEO: Chief constable challenged on ‘anti-racist policing’ progress and stop and search reform

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