Sean Morrison

Features

A rectangular tower block covered with scaffolding for fire safety works.

A year on from fires, delays to safety works are leaving tower block tenants shivering

While the dangerous cladding on some of Bristol’s high-rise blocks has been removed, it’s yet to be replaced – meaning residents face a winter without insulated homes.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Reports

Adult man in shirt standing by car occupied by driver at the wheel.

Bristol’s cabbies are being put out of work by council licensing delays and mixups

Private hire and Hackney carriage drivers have had enough of the city’s licensing department, with some waiting needlessly for months for permits to be renewed before they can get back on the road.

Sean Morrison Matty Edwards
Sean Morrison and Matty Edwards

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An adult male with his arms folded sitting on the bonnet of a car.

Cab driver says good character used against him in ‘cruel sting operation’

Police have questions to answer after private-hire taxi driver’s claims of a stitch-up that’s had years-long financial consequences.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Reports

The full, bloody story behind the closure of Hidden Corner Cafe

When a millionaire, yacht-owning rogue landlord evicted the owners of a well-loved St Pauls cafe, it sparked protests. And now, two years on, a clearer picture of the messy situation has emerged…

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Features

Image of Danny Lydon, who says music gave him an outlet that helped him work through losing his dad

When words fail: Meet the Bristol group nurturing male musicians’ mental health

The Seed Sessions project combines counselling and music mentoring to help young men express themselves. We heard from its founder, one of the participants and a counsellor working with the group about the power of music as a therapeutic tool.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Life in Lansdowne

Revealed: Catalogue of police failings before Shannon Beirne fell to her death

In the second instalment of this special Cable investigation, we reveal a series of missed opportunities by officers who had contact with the 25-year-old two hours before she died.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Reports

‘It can take courage to state the obvious,’ campaigners say as police chief admits institutional racism

Will Chief Constable Sarah Crew's acknowledgement that Avon & Somerset is institutionally racist mark an important step towards real, meaningful change?

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Features

How talking clubs are getting Bristol blokes to open up and be vulnerable

I joined Talk Club and learned I can’t regulate my emotions. Then I got schooled by a therapist on toxic masculinity and dangerous role models. But how are you doing, out of 10?

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Features

Image of Jess Durdy, who took her own life in 2020 while in a mental health 'crisis house'

Lost opportunities: are inquests failing to prevent future deaths?

Jess Durdy’s death followed clear failings by those charged with caring for her, her mother believes, but a coroner didn’t see it that way. Bereaved families, campaigners and lawyers say an opaque, inconsistent system needs change.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Future of Cities

Illustration of solar panels feeding energy into community microgrids (credit: @laurence_ware_design)

People power: how can community electricity grids help tackle the energy crisis?

A small-scale ‘microgrid’ scheme in Lawrence Weston is helping a group of Bristol homeowners take power into their own hands – but how can we supercharge community energy projects to benefit everyone?

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Reports

Two years after Bristol’s Kill the Bill unrest, protesters condemn ‘unjust’ sentences and the media narrative

Protesters descended on Bridewell police station this week to mark two years since a peaceful demonstration turned ugly. They were out in force in support of people put in prison for their involvement in the disorder.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Life in Lansdowne

After the fall: a death at Lansdowne Court

A vulnerable woman falls to her death from a tower block. Her partner is present. In this special Cable investigation, we try to find out what happened to Shannon Beirne.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison
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