City

The rise of right-wing Bristol millionaire Arron Banks

How did he get from a trading estate in Patchway to Trump’s golden elevator?

Pip Taylor and Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

Ice cream scandal: the Lopresti business investigation continues…

Earlier this year we exposed the underpayment and poor working conditions at the Lopresti ice cream and property business. The allegations keep coming in.

Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

The News in Brief: Cuts, and consultations about cuts

The News in Brief section of this edition's paper was dedicated almost entirely to the upcoming cuts to council services, which are out to consultation. The latest round looks to shave a few million pounds from support services to people with physical or mental health issues, the public toilets a...

Sid Ryan

Reports

Breaking: Future of Hamilton House in Stokes Croft thrown up in the air

The future of Hamilton House, an iconic social enterprise and community hub on Stokes Croft, has been made uncertain.

Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

Warnings about new synthetic drugs deserve to be taken seriously

Governments have cried wolf about drugs in the past, but warnings about new synthetic drugs are justified.

Simon Oxenham

Reports

The council is still not publishing secret documents on housing

As yet another zero-affordable development gets going, delays hold back transparency policy

Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

The sting: private investigators and spying on fracking and trade union activists

One firm shuts down its websites nationwide after hearing about this Cable investigation.

Alon Aviram

City

Data leaves Bristol, dark ads arrive: how microtargeting is changing elections

The latest trend in political campaigning is to pump sponsored adverts directly into your Facebook feed. But with the law struggling to catch up with the technology, who is keeping an eye on ‘dark ads’?