Experiment in democracy, as council to pilot citizens’ assemblies
Bristolians could be gathered to make decisions on issues such as the climate crisis.
40 years ago, the far right in Bristol was faced down with music, pickets and ballots
With far-right ideas on the rise again, Colin Thomas draws on first-hand accounts and archive material to tell a story from a generation ago.
People-powered investigative journalism
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Help us find solutions for Bristol
In the next edition and beyond, we plan to focus on exploring solutions to the biggest issues facing our city. Have your say.
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Edition 21 Banner Home Page People's History
The tale of Bristol’s fascist-sympathising, disability rights-promoting first woman MP
Retracing a mission to uncover the elusive and conflicted past of Bristol’s largely forgotten, fascist-sympathising, disability rights-promoting first woman MP
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Another year in building a new media. Here’s to many more. We need it!
This year was a big one for us. Because every year we exist is a big one.
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Introducing: our first ‘early career journalists’
By Cait Crosse, Fatima Hudoon and Priyanka Raval
We’ve hired two up-and-coming Bristol reporters.
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Photography Edition 21 People's History Banner Home Page
Time flies by when you’re smashing teeth on concrete: Dean Lane Skatepark through the ages
Archive photos from a recent film about Bedminster's beloved skatepark, as the filmmaker reflects on why it still means so much to local people today.
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What’s the council ever done for us?
By Alex Turner
Everyone loves to have a good moan about the council. But they still provide vital public services. Here’s a few.
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Banner Home Page Fight For Fair Air Edition 21
Burning waste – green energy or just hot air?
A new waste incinerator is being built in Avonmouth, but critics say the industry is polluting and contradicts climate aims
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This feels like prison’: we need to talk about school exclusions
Too many children in Bristol are subject to exclusions, which disproportionately impact those from BME and working-class communities, and have been linked to rising youth violence. The system needs to change.
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Local rapper Kilaze talks hip-hop, art and life
Rapper Kilaze is a stalwart of the city’s music scene both through his own releases and his support of homegrown talent. Two decades into his career, he’s still got ‘so much to talk about’.
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General Election 2019 Banner Home Page
Cable editorial: Our media and elections are all too much like a century ago. Here’s what we can do.
A lot has changed, but too much remains the same.
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Banner Home Page General Election 2019
The breakdown on the election in Bristol and South Gloucestershire
By Alon Aviram, Matty Edwards and Adam Cantwell-Corn
Big swings, no change and upsets: See the breakdown of the election results in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
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Features Housing Bristol General Election 2019
Beyond Brexit: In Bristol’s housing crisis everyone’s a loser apart from the landlords
Everyone’s a loser in Bristol’s housing crisis, except for landlords and people looking to sell their homes. Tenants in the privately rented sector are struggling...
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Local policing has been slashed and violent crime is up. Who will claim the mantle of ‘law and order’?
By Alon Aviram
Avon and Somerset Police has had 19% of its police officers cut since the Conservatives came to power in 2010
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Features General Election 2019 Bristol North West
Beyond Brexit: Schools funding on the ballot paper
By Matty Edwards and Fatima Hudoon
The city’s most marginal seat Bristol North West has been hit hardest by cuts to school funding, but how will that play out as parents go to the polls?
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Bristol West General Election 2019
Climate is the hot topic between Labour and Greens in Bristol West. Here’s what the candidates had to say.
The Bristol West candidates vying for the green vote on why you should back them.
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Bristol female MP candidates speak out about misogynistic abuse
By Kate Hutchison and Fatima Hudoon
Threatening and violent language towards our politicians raises bigger questions.
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Investigations Banner Home Page General Election 2019 Bristol North West
Dodgy bar charts, misinformation and propaganda in Bristol North West
From old school tactics to creative use of social media adverts, the parties (and others) have been battling it out for Bristol’s most marginal seat.
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Bristol West General Election 2019
WATCH: Green and Labour Bristol West candidates head to head
By Aphra Evans
Current Labour MP Thangam Debbonaire and Green challenger Carla Denyer made their case to voters. The Conservative and Brexit Party candidates declined to take part.
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.