The Bristol Cable is created and owned by over 2,500 people in the city. With in-depth reporting, free events and a free quarterly print edition, The Bristol Cable is redefining local journalism through groundbreaking investigations, campaigning for change and amplifying marginalised voices. Online, in print and on the street.
We’re launching a campaign to stop the council setting bailiffs on Bristolians. Here’s why.
Using muscle to collect debts is as old as money itself. But the Mayor and Bristol City Council must use fairer and more effective ways. It's time to #bootoutbailiffs.
In December, the Cable brought together members of the local community and media organisations to discuss issues of representation. Listen to the full conversation here...
Much has been made recently about encouraging investment in Bristol – generally, for big headline-grabbing infrastructure projects.
At the Cable we’ll be investing in the city in a different way over 2018, and we’re not talking about an underground network.
Police snooping: a campaign for accountability on surveillance tech
The Cable is co-ordinating a national campaign to prompt a parliamentary inquiry into IMSI-catchers, and to get police to come clean on their use of the technology.
Edition 13: We’re looking at the city’s change makers, past and present. In its own way, the Cable is changing the rules - creating media owned and led by those it serves.
