Hannah Vickers

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Features

A new trans tipping point

In the 2010s, trans characters were a regular part of popular TV shows. With that progress going into reverse, trans Bristolians reflect on the lack of representation in modern culture

‘Hundreds of paper cuts’: The mounting struggles of being trans in Bristol

‘I don’t want to use the trans loos’

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‘Children are totally different here’

Since the pandemic, interest in outdoor learning has surged. We visit Bristol’s city farms and Forest Schools to explore why these alternatives to mainstream education are thriving

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Area in Focus

South Bristol’s new youth centre is technically in Knowle West. Can it deliver for kids from Hartcliffe too?

Area in Focus

Could Filwood Broadway finally get the cash boost it needs?

The single parents from Bristol who changed women’s lives

What started as an interview in a living room became Single Parent Action Network, which tackled the stigma around single parenthood and campaigned on national issues.

‘£650k for a referendum? The mind boggles’: Southmead residents on the mayoral referendum

We talk to locals in Southmead about what matters to them ahead of the vote on whether to scrap Bristol's mayor.

The budget hotels where asylum seekers live in limbo

Bahara is one of hundreds of asylum seekers who live in small rooms in budget hotels on the edge of Bristol. She has no money and no idea when she will be moved, or where she will be sent.

Mother of jailed Kill the Bill protester: ‘We never thought she’d get this long’ 

The mother of a woman recently sentenced to five and a half years after being found guilty of riot speaks out.

Two women jailed after Kill the Bill violence

Jasmine York has been sentenced to 9 months for arson, after being found not guilt of riot, and Mariella Gedge-Roberts to 5.5 years for riot.

Locked out of nature: Making Bristol’s parks accessible to Disabled people

Being outdoors is vital to our wellbeing, even more so during a pandemic, but for Disabled people, getting out into nature is harder than ever.