Edition 35

Edition 35

Comedian Jody Kamali on his homecoming show about identity, family dynamics and growing up in Southmead

Best known for his Bristolian caricature Terry the Odd Job Man, the comic from Southmead is bringing his new one-man show home after a hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

Investigations

Transparency matters: why is Bristol City Council failing on freedom of information?

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Voices

‘I didn’t come to the UK for some dream – leaving my country became the only option left’

Shakuntala Sumanasekera
Reverend Palmer

Area in Focus

St Paul’s, through the eyes of the reverend patrolling for peace

For years, the Reverend Dawnecia Palmer – a United Nations Peacemaker – has worked on Bristol's inner-city streets. After a recent spate of stabbings rocked St Paul's, she's praying for an end to the 'pandemic of the blade'.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval
A pedestrianised street corner with tables and chairs, and period shopfronts in the background.

Area in Focus

Clifton eyesore may undergo partial ‘community buyout’

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards
Adult man standing in front of empty wooden bookcases.

Interviews

Bristol’s top family judge stepping down, to launch project to keep people out of court

Sean Morrison
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

Edition 35

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

Features

Image of Kevin Baker, who was left paralysed on one side in 2004, says money struggles mean he is less able to use support services, taken at Paul's Place in Coalpit Heath (credit: David Griffiths)

Disabled people are struggling to access ‘lifeline’ services amid the cost-of-living crisis

University of Bristol research has uncovered a dire national picture around disabled people’s financial wellbeing. We spoke to locals who are worrying about heating bills and visiting crucial social spaces less often.

Steph Cullen
Steph Cullen