Bristol GP says we’re in ‘the calm before a terrible storm’
Coronavirus testing delays, a lack of protective equipment, and the stress of people flouting lockdown restrictions are troubling this Bristol GP.
Bristol University experts rally to fight COVID-19 and search for a vaccine
Researchers seek to understand and combat the dreaded coronavirus, and continue valuable diabetes trials despite it.
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Coronavirus In Bristol Reports
Under fire letting agents to propose rent reduction after 130 students go on strike
By Dan Hobson
Digs letting agency admit email was “insensitive” and say they will speak to landlords about options, including 50% rent reduction.
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Calls for Bristol Uni to U-turn on coronavirus sacking of 84 temp workers
By Alon Aviram
Laid-off casual and temporary workers are calling on the University of Bristol to retain them on government job retention programme
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This NHS worker is facing eviction, as Bristol rallies to help coronavirus heroes
A Bristol NHS trust is paying to put up frontline workers in hotels so they can self-isolate, while communities offer their support.
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#CopingWithCovid19: The ups and downs of self-isolating and social distancing
Just a few weeks ago, a life of social distancing and self-isolation was unimaginable. Covid19 has flipped our lives on its head. How are we coping?
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Watch: Resilience – An uplifting story of young mums on one of the UK’s oldest council estates
By Neil Maggs, Matt Buckner and The treatmentworx
A short documentary of young mums overcoming stigma through friendship on one of the UK's oldest council estates, Hillfields in Bristol.
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Rough sleepers of Bristol and the search for a safe place amid coronavirus
Bristol City Council is trying to find 450 rooms to house everyone rough sleeping and in temporary accommodation so they can self-isolate during coronavirus.
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Bristol History Podcast: Witches and Witchcraft in the West Country
This week I met with Mike Slater, West-Country Occult Historian, to discuss the history of witchcraft in the West Country. We spoke about the continuance...
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Councillors give themselves a pay rise
By Adam Postans, Local Democracy Reporter
Bristol city councillors have awarded themselves a pay hike costing council tax payers an extra £180,000 a year while freezing the salaries of top officers....
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‘Workers are turning to each other. We can beat coronavirus, weak rights and unscrupulous bosses’
Amid worries about pay and new confusion about if people should be working or not during the new lockdown, workers are organising in new ways, writes Stuart Melvin.
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A rent freeze could protect the 1 in 3 Bristolians who rent from coronavirus fallout
By Alon Aviram
Temporary measures could see an eviction crisis unleashed once coronavirus is contained and business returns to usual
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The idea of sharing a home across generational divides is having a come back
Housing is expensive for Bristol's young people, so what about bridging the generational divide and saving some cash?
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‘The government threw us under the bus’: How Bristol food businesses are working to survive coronavirus
Small businesses, especially in hospitality, face bankruptcy as Bristol goes into self isolation, but some are finding innovative ways to respond to the crisis.
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Bristolians are self-organising a phenomenal coronavirus fight back in ways that will outlast pandemic
While the first priority is responding to urgent needs, for many involved, they hope the bonds built in communities will outlast this current crisis.
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Cops need to come clean on predictive policing of 250,000 people
By Robbie Warin
Avon & Somerset Police are using algorithms to predict how likely someone is to commit a crime. A logical next step for policing or an invitation for discrimination?
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How to heat your home, save cash and the planet
By Adam Cantwell-Corn and Will Franklin
Some basic measures can go a long way to tackling carbon emissions.
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Could Housing First put an end to the idea of people being ‘unhouseable’?
A radical alternative to traditional housing solutions is offering hope and stability to Bristolians who have spent years without a home to call their own.
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Down but not out: Voices of young people excluded from school
Often marginalised, rarely listened to or understood, the Cable has been working with young people who have left mainstream education to give them a voice.
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Bristol SEND crisis: from isolation to family
Amid a crisis in special educational needs, these parents are building their own community.
Investigations
Dark Arts: a true crime series
Dark Arts is a tale of private investigators, corruption, political pressure, Pakistani heroin and a mansion in the Somerset hills revealed over three parts in a new Cable true crime series.
Revealed: Patients denied treatment by local NHS
GPs and clinical specialists are worried about patients being turned away because of local NHS policies.
Episode 4: Tattoo parlours, nightclubs and firebombs – how businesses were blackmailed
In the last episode of the Cornerman, the Cable lifts the lid on protection rackets from London to Bristol, revealing how local businesses were forced to pay gangsters for security.