Dividends, Debt… Direct Action
Edition 45

It’s been nearly 40 years since Wessex Water was privatised. Since then the company has been loaded with debt and dumped sewage into our waterways while paying out huge dividends. What will it take to change course?

Michal Grant
Michal Grant

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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
Sean Morrison

Edition 45

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‘Dehumanising and humiliating’: Extreme heat behind bars

As temperatures rise, former prisoners tell the Cable how overheating exacerbates mental health crises and overcrowding in Victorian-era jails in Bristol and across the country

Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson

Hope Is Around The Corner

Photo illustration of a man in a bright jacket next to a map of Bristol

If we want to survive, we do it together

With the seasons changing and the news full of doom, Nikesh considers how to keep going when life feels like it's getting too much

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Edition 45

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Bristol Airport’s expansion plans in numbers 

After years of legal battles, the airport submitted plans this year to expand even further. Here’s how it’s gone down and what’s at stake for the environment

Bristol Cable

Features

Five women wearing bike helmets and holding bikes in a small park

‘Your body is a vehicle’: Bristol’s POC-led outdoor groups

From cycling to hiking and school gardens, POC-led groups are widening access to nature in Bristol. But is the wider environmental movement paying attention?

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

Edition 45

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War, weather and oil: Greengrocers navigating an economy on the brink

With global conflicts, fuel price hikes and extreme weather events pushing up the price of fruit and veg, the Cable talks to Bristol shopkeepers about how they’re keeping their businesses alive 

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins
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