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A police informant says he was let down, now his life is in danger
By Alon Aviram
Avon and Somerset Police persuaded ‘John’ to provide information about criminals he’d grown up with. One officer’s bending of police guidelines has left him living in fear.
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Offshore In Bristol Bristol And Beyond Banner Home Page Reports
The Bristol property secretly owned by the controversial governor of the Bank of Lebanon
By Alon Aviram
Investigation finds that Lebanon's Governor siphoned millions abroad, including into Bristol.
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Third mysterious fire in two years at Strachan & Henshaw, ‘The Office’, building
By Alon Aviram
The fire which broke out on the ground floor is being treated as deliberate. It follows a blackmail attempt on the landlord and a separate, violent assault on the ex-landlord.
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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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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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Banner Home Page Coronavirus In Bristol Scrutinising Institutions
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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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 Reports Banner Home Page General Election 2019
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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Reports General Election 2019 Kingswood
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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The unsolved fire at The Office and the chequered history of a rogue landlord
By Alon Aviram
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.
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Ice Cream Slavery Case Investigations Banner Home Page
Revealed: An anti-slavery court order was made against local boss Lopresti. Here’s evidence it may be being breached
By Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram
The ice cream boss was banned from managing staff after an investigation found workers living in slave-like conditions
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Reports Banner Home Page Ice Cream Slavery Case Investigations
Exclusive: Council to “urgently” investigate Lopresti landlord business, but ice cream vans untouched for now
By Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram
Announcement follows the Cable’s investigation and police action into the notorious landlords and businessmen.
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Edition 20 Reports Banner Home Page
Too hot to handle? Help us investigate fire at ‘The Office’ in Speedwell
By Alon Aviram
“It seems the bigger and more dangerous the fire, the less scrutiny it receives." We're calling on readers to share information to help crack the case of the Strachan and Henshaw fire.
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Edition 19 Features Banner Home Page
Exclusive: Two Bristol activists helping build a new society in Syria
By Alon Aviram
Amidst the rubble of war-torn Northern Syria, two Bristolians follow the footsteps of friend Anna Campbell, murdered by Turkish forces, to carry on the mission of building a new society.
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Finally exposed: How Lopresti ice cream boss kept men in slave-like conditions, tenants and families in squalor. But people spoke out.
By Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram
In a Cable investigation spanning five years, a shocking story has been uncovered.
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Ice Cream Slavery Case Banner Home Page Reports
Ice cream boss Lopresti is slavery risk and banned from business, following Cable exposé
By Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram
Following Cable investigations, Judge said: “I’m sure that there is a risk that you will commit a human trafficking or slavery offence.”
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Episode 4: Tattoo parlours, nightclubs and firebombs – how businesses were blackmailed
By Alon Aviram and Michael Gillard
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.
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Banner Home Page Series: The Cornerman
Episode 3: A disappearance, two murders and a hole in the ground
By Michael Gillard and Alon Aviram
Two murders and a disappearance: How the Cornerman slipped through the net.
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