Losing myself: my experiences of psychiatric hospitals
My time in hospitals kept me alive when I was unable to do that myself, but it came with its own set of wounds. Now, I want to be part of changing the system.
Watch: Lessons from lockdown – how can Bristol battle air pollution?
As traffic on Bristol’s streets returns to normal following lockdown, air pollution levels have returned to illegal levels. What can we do about it?
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£17 million could be wiped off value of Bristol Energy
As much as £17 million could be wiped off the value of Bristol City Council’s investment in Bristol Energy, according to a last-minute change to...
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Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services Opinion
Opinion: ‘The NHS sends too many mental health patients to hospital for expensive, ineffective care’
By Keir Harding
People are being sent away to private mental health providers for specialist treatment, but this often means poorer outcomes at higher costs, says occupational therapist Keir Harding.
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An ode to Bristol’s boozers before coronavirus
By Hannah Vickers and Colin Moody
Colin Moody takes a loving look at Bristol's beloved pubs, in this pre-coronavirus photoessay.
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Watch: Breaking Bread – A story of communities tackling hunger and food injustice
By Aphra Evans and Adam Cantwell-Corn
Bristol groups getting organised to fight hunger, and hoping to build a 'new normal' of sustainable, healthy and affordable food for all.
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Enslaved person’s gravestone vandalised in Bristol in racist retaliation attack for toppling of Colston statue
The historic grave of an enslaved young African person has been desecrated in an apparent racist revenge attack following the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston.
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Van dwellers resist eviction on Glenfrome Road
By Jess Connett
‘Intimidating’ bailiffs left the site without removing any vehicles.
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Green homes investment can benefit everyone in a post-Covid world
Adapting the UK’s housing stock is crucial to tackling climate change, and the task can create jobs in an economy harmed by coronavirus. By using and sharing our city’s expertise, Bristol can show the way forward.
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Reflections on the All Lives Matter protest
From “All Lives Matter” to “just doing my patriotic duty,” Cable reporter Priyanka Raval reflects on the “protect the cenotaph” demonstration on Saturday.
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Revealed: Failures in care for man who took his life at private mental health unit
Dominic Vickars was just 25 when he died while at Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke in Weston-super-Mare, a private hospital part-funded by the NHS. Using evidence from the inquest and accounts from his family, we tell the story of how he was let down.
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Separated: The damaging rise in people sent to private mental health hospitals away from family
Local NHS bosses have vowed to end mental health out-of-area placements by March next year, but 2019 saw a increase in people being sent away to private beds locally and far away.
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Inside: Private mental health services in Bristol investigated
By Matty Edwards and Fatima Hudoon
Frontline workers and families speak out as the Cable investigates why private sector involvement is growing and what impact it’s having on people in Bristol.
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Launching an events calendar to amplify Bristol’s communities
We’re launching a calendar to help Bristolians find out what's on with community and social events.
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Watch: Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol
By Priyanka Raval and Olumide Osinoiki
Cable journalist Priyanka Raval spoke to people at Sunday's BlackLivesMatter protest about what the toppling of the Edward Colston's statue means, and where Bristol goes from here.
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Watch: The Kneel at the Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol 2020
"We are killed for racially charged suspicions. Demonised even when found innocent. And fight for our mere existence."
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PHOTOESSAY: The protest that toppled Colston
The Black Lives Matter protest on Sunday hit headlines the world over after protestors pulled down the statue of slave trader Edward Colston and rolled him down to the docks and into the river.
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Bristol History Podcast: ‘Know Your Place’ and Planning in Bristol
This week I spoke with Pete Insole, Historic Environment Officer for Bristol City Council, to discuss the historical mapping tool ‘Know Your Place’. We also...
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Editorial: After Colston, now to tear down structures of racism, including in the media
A statement from the Cable on the felling of Colston, Black Lives Matter and working towards anti-racism.
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Colston statue toppled during Bristol’s Black Lives Matter protest
The statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol city centre - often the centre of debates about marking Bristol's dark history - was today torn down.
Investigations
The unsolved fire at The Office and the chequered history of a rogue landlord
Five months after the devastating fire at Speedwell’s Strachan and Henshaw building, ‘The Office’ tower is being turned into flats. The Cable investigates former owner Alan Dykes and his run-ins with the law.
Revealed: Thousands of kids are being put in isolation, fuelling schools debate
A Bristol Cable investigation can reveal Bristol schools are sending children to isolation 1,000 times a week, shedding light on the controversial form of discipline where children are removed from class.
Finally exposed: How Lopresti ice cream boss kept men in slave-like conditions, tenants and families in squalor. But people spoke out.
In a Cable investigation spanning five years, a shocking story has been uncovered.