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Watch: Resilience – An uplifting story of young mums on one of the UK’s oldest council estates

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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The latest is a series of Cable original documentaries exploring neighbourhoods in our city, presented by Neil Maggs.

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