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Banner Home Page Edition 21 Lower Banner Home Page Investigations
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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Investigations Banner Home Page Ice Cream Slavery Case
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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Banner Home Page Investigations Reports Ice Cream Slavery Case
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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Banner Home Page Reports Edition 20
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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Banner Home Page Edition 19 Features
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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Ice Cream Slavery Case Investigations Banner Home Page Lower Banner Home Page
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 Reports Banner Home Page
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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Series: The Cornerman Lower Banner Home Page
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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Series: The Cornerman Investigations
The cornerman cast of characters
By Alon Aviram and Michael Gillard
Meet the players in a vast criminal network linking Bristol to London.
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Episode 2: Bangers and mash, football and boxing
By Alon Aviram and Michael Gillard
The gangster jailed for drugs and blackmail who courted footballers, boxers and MMA fighters.
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Banner Home Page Series: The Cornerman Investigations
Episode 1: Unmasking The Cornerman
By Michael Gillard and Alon Aviram
This Bristol Cable investigation exposes one of Britain’s most elusive organised crime bosses after two decades in the shadows.
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