Alon Aviram

Exclusive: Ice cream wage scandal

Investigation into prominent local business reveals gross underpayment of minimum wage.

Exclusive: Modern Slavery arrests in Bristol

3 people have been arrested for Modern Slavery offences

Avonmouth, the Merchant Navy and Sailors’ Tales

Veteran Merchant Navy men and women in Avonmouth, Bristol bobbed along to the melodies of their youth as they watched a community play about sailors' tales.

Illegal: police withholding key information

Is it a clampdown in response to Bristol Cable investigations or just a bureaucratic oversight?

IPCC: Justice for Judah?

The IPCC lacks teeth. What sort of 'justice' can we expect for Judah?

SURVEY: Neighbourhood partnerships cuts. Are you affected?

Neighbourhood Partnerships, the council-led forums for residents, community groups, council, police and local businesses, are facing massive cuts. Do you think they’re a vital democratic...

Squatters evicted: St Philips

Squatters resisted an eviction for most of the morning on St Philips Road, Bristol before voluntarily leaving at 10:30am.

Tools for hard-hitting investigations

Award-winning journalist, Mark Lee Hunter, delivered a powerful investigations workshop for Bristol Cable Media Lab trainees and UWE journalism students last week.

Bristol University working with the surveillance state

From maths to computer science, GCHQ has its tentacles in Bristol University.

Revealed: The troubling trickle-down of phone-cracking technology

Avon and Somerset is one of at least 29 UK police forces forensically examining mobile phones. We reveal the powerful technology being targeted at low-level crime, and the serious security breaches it's enabled in the hands of local officers.

Coppers working second jobs for extra cash

Give this mystery shopper bad customer service and you might get more than just a poor rating.

Racial bias growing in stop and search

While Avon and Somerset police have reduced the total number of stop an searches, the proportion of black people compared to white people increases. Photo:...