Sid Ryan

Our 2016 favourites: Cable voices

A couple of the most interesting voices that the Cable has published in 2016.

Our 2016 favourites: Cable news

A few of the Cable’s favourite news articles that we’ve worked on in 2016.

Our 2016 favourites: Cable features

Here’s a selection of the best features the Cable has produced over the last year.

Blowing the whistle, without getting whacked

As we launch our training programme for journalists, let’s not forget about the real lifeblood of any news organisation – the sources.

The sinkhole beneath our schools

Bristol’s education system is struggling because of poorly planned and hopelessly optimistic private finance initiative contracts.

The NHS is on its knees

Our health service is in crisis, but what’s causing it? With such a colossal organisation there is no single answer, just death by a thousand cuts...

Exclusive: Fracking protections at port not as claimed by former mayor and council

Investigation raises questions over safeguards against future oil and gas exploration.

Council asks: Public, are you not engaged?

The council has been discussing how to make their committee meetings more engaging to the public, a topic dear to the heart of the Cable’s...

Bristol Council to axe 1,000 staff

One sixth of the Bristol City Council workforce are offered voluntary redundancy in hope of closing £43m budget crisis.

Carillion’s Southmead secrets

The latest on a long-running Freedom of Information Act battle, to try and work out how Southmead hospital will end up costing over a billion pounds. 

Currently in the Council: 25th July to 5th August

Currently in the Council is our ongoing series to keep you up to date with what’s coming up for discussion in the Council Chamber. It...

Bristol in the Panama Papers

The Cable investigates how the world of offshore finance reaches out and touches on our doorstep