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Banner Home Page Scrutinising Institutions Coronavirus In Bristol
Bristol prisoner dies while awaiting trial during coronavirus lockdown
By Alon Aviram
Lawyers and campaigners are calling on the government to “show political courage and rapidly reduce the prison population to save lives”.
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Coronavirus In Bristol Scrutinising Institutions Banner Home Page
Sacked Bristol Uni temp workers to get coronavirus support after backlash
By Alon Aviram
The university had been criticised for its decision to not enroll 84 temporary staff on the Government Job Retention Scheme. But staff are concerned that the move falls short of full protection.
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Opinion Banner Home Page Coronavirus In Bristol
‘The contagion of misinformation and a Bristol Facebook page linking 5G and coronavirus’
By Alon Aviram
There’s another contagion doing the rounds, it’s not coronavirus, but disinformation. And one Bristol Facebook page with thousands of likes is spreading claims that 5G is connected to the pandemic, says Alon Aviram.
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Coronavirus In Bristol Scrutinising Institutions Banner Home Page
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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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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Violent assault on ex-landlord of The Office in Speedwell
By Alon Aviram
The former owner of The Office, aka the Strachan and Henshaw building, spent two weeks in hospital after the attack.
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Speedwell fire update: Landlord of The Office blackmailed by gang
By Alon Aviram
The Cable can reveal that the landlord of The Office – the Speedwell building, which burnt down last year – has been targeted by a gang in an alleged blackmail raid.
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General Election 2019 Banner Home Page
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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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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General Election 2019 Banner Home Page Kingswood
WATCH: Which way will Kingswood swing?
By Marcus Smith, Alon Aviram, Aphra Evans, Priyanka Raval and Fatima Hudoon
As voters in ‘The Wood’ gear up for election day, local lad Marcus Smith hits the streets to chat to people about the main issues...
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Kingswood General Election 2019 Reports Banner Home Page
Chris Skidmore, Kingswood MP, declined to give statement in staffer’s sexual assault case, says detective
By Alon Aviram
Chris Skidmore’s former parliamentary aide was cleared of sexually assaulting a teenager. The MP says he offered his full support to the police investigation. But a detective claims he declined to provide a police statement.
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Kingswood General Election 2019 Reports
Kingswood: What you need to know for the 2019 General Election
By Alon Aviram
Party allegiances aren’t permanent in Kingswood, with the seat historically swinging between Labour and Conservative, and candidates will be using Brexit, austerity and climate change to tempt voters.
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