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Cable Community News

2024 AGM: Help shape the Cable’s future and hear from inside our latest campaign to end Section 60

The Bristol Cable is not your average newspaper: we get together with members of the coop to plan ahead.

The Cable View: The right-wing press peddling hateful, racist bullshit has fuelled the violence on our streets. It’s time for change.

No To Section 60: Letter to local MPs demanding suspicionless search legislation is scrapped

Callouts

Low turnout: why didn’t you vote at the general election?

14 years of Tory rule came to an end last week, but turnout was the lowest in years, so we want to hear from people who didn't vote.

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General Election 2024

The Cable view: Bristol’s role in national politics is about to be turned on its head

Reports

What matters most to you about Bristol’s local elections?

Open letter: Together for Change, a citywide campaign against knife crime in Bristol

Today we come together as a city united to say enough is enough. We must see an end to the scourge of knife crime that...

One year on: what’s been the impact of Bristol’s Clean Air Zone?

There's been lots of criticism of Bristol's attempt to tackle its illegal levels of air pollution. But what has your experience been?

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Explainer: How Bristolians are keeping proper journalism alive

If all our members gave £2 more a month, we’d smash our campaign target overnight.

Stand to be a Bristol Cable director

Do you think the Bristol Cable is an exciting project with potential to grow? Do you want to help us improve what we’re doing, further...

Callout: Have you been given a section 21 eviction?

Landlords are still using 'no fault' section 21 evictions before the government bans them.

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We’re hiring: People and Wellbeing Lead

In this role, you would help the Bristol Cable maintain a professional co-operative with a culture of care.