Bristol and Beyond

5G rollout raises urgent questions about high-frequency health impacts

As Bristol experiences 5G mobile phone technology for the first time and conspiracy theories abound, science writer Andy Extance looks at the technologies risks and benefits.

Andy Extance

Features

How disaster in the Caribbean affected the community in Bristol

18 months on from Hurricane Maria, reflections on life in the diaspora.

Jemal Toussaint and Georgia Edwards

Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Tory MP wants to get rid of sites and move Travellers into houses

Charities say the bill, if passed, would lead to the forced assimilation of Gypsies and Travellers.

Hannah Vickers

Reports

Bristol pupils strike to demand politicians act on climate crisis

Hundreds turned up to demand the government declares a climate emergency.

Sarah Becker

Bristol and Beyond

Opinion: We need our stoves

For someone living in a boat or van during the winter, having a stove can be a matter of life and death, argues boater Mike Doherty.

Mike Doherty

Bristol and Beyond

Every week in Patchway, dozens of people face the long arm of the hostile environment

At a drab police station on the outskirts of Bristol, people of all backgrounds face a routine of fear with some standing in solidarity by their side.

Georgia Edwards and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Interviews

Person being escorted on to a uk border agency coach

Interview: Kingswood man facing controversial deportation

In the wake of the Windrush scandal, the deportation flight has been criticised by politicians and campaigners.

Joe Lo

Bristol and Beyond

Europeans in Bristol caught in the Brexit crossfire

Caught in the Brexit crossfire are European Bristolians, whose future is still cruelly uncertain.

Melissa Chemam

Bristol and Beyond

Bristol Travellers fill food banks for Christmas

The #FoodbankNomination started in Ireland but has since spread all over the world, including Bristol. We spoke to the Bristol Gypsies and Travellers who've taken part.

Hannah Vickers

Bristol and Beyond

Bristol Brexit millionaire Banks lied to parliament about his campaign, say whistleblowers

Major Brexit bankroller, now under investigation by the National Crime Agency, “deliberately misled” parliament about his insurance company’s political work, and amassed campaign data ‘warchest’

Peter Geoghegan and Jenna Corderoy

Bristol and Beyond