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Watch: The struggle for the future of Britain's best street

A furore has kicked off over proposals to pedestrianise one of Bristol's most iconic streets, St Marks Road, with famous shop Sweetmart threatening to leave! Easton native Neil Maggs investigates whats going on behind the headlines.

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Coronavirus in Bristol

WATCH: Confinement Stories - a snapshot of life in lockdown Bristol

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Watch: Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol

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Watch: The Kneel at the Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol 2020

"We are killed for racially charged suspicions. Demonised even when found innocent. And fight for our mere existence."

Coronavirus in Bristol

Watch: After the storm - powerful voices from Bristol on how we should rebuild

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Watch: Resilience - An uplifting story of young mums on one of the UK's oldest council estates

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Film

Watch: Deliveroo Orders Rejected - a short documentary

The gig economy is getting bigger. But some workers are getting organised. In 2018, Bristol workers joined in.

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Film

Watch: Authenticity in Cadbury Heath

Janice has been working at a family run community project for 22 years in Cadbury Heath, which is trying to fill the gaps left by austerity.

Neil Maggs

Film

Watch: Hartcliffe Aspirations, a short doc with Paul Holbrook

A moving short film about Hartcliffe and aspiration with local lad and award winning film maker Paul Holbrook.

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City

Bristol Radical Film Festival: Q&A with Elizabeth Mizon

Bristol Radical Film Festival is back! We talked to one of the organisers, Elizabeth Mizon, about what this year’s festival has to offer.

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Co-op Community

Why we became Bristol Cable members (and why you should too!)

You can help sustain and grow the UK's only city-wide media co-op! The Bristol Cable makes media which holds power to account, raises up voices that need to be heard, and trains local people in media skills.

The Bristol Cable

Film

Taking on diversity beyond tokens

In December, the Cable brought together members of the local community and media organisations to discuss issues of representation.

Ideas and Action

‘In Our Hands’: Sowing seeds of change in farming

A new film made in Bristol about the Land Workers’ Alliance showcases producers “taking back control” from the industrial food system.

Ideas and Action

Watch: Together we can fight modern slavery

Animation ‘What do you see?’, by Sally Arthur, showing how modern slavery works in the UK.

Film

Watch: Battling for Bristol - Archives of social justice

A short documentary on Bristol’s history of social justice struggle.

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Ideas and Action

Watch: Battle in the Countryside

A behind the scenes short documentary looking at Bristol Hunt Saboteurs, the animal rights activists who clash with hunters in a weekly battle in the...

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City

Conflicting reports over why Tories didn't meet core city leaders

There’s some confusion over why Tory ministers didn’t show up

Reports

Video: What impact for anti-austerity protest?

At the national demonstration organised by the People’s Assembly in London on Saturday 1st of July, the anti-austerity movement showed a resurgence.

City

WATCH: "I'm hopeful a lot of people are voting who've never voted before."

In the third and final installment of General Election 2017 videos, Adam Cantwell Corn and Alon Aviram head to Bristol East.

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Reports

Could Bristol become outdoor advertising free?

BBC Points West picks up story reported on by the Bristol Cable.

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Interactive: Our voices - young people with cancer

People don’t often ask us about it. Often I can tell by someone’s face that they want to broach the subject.

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Side by side: Bristolians and Calais refugees

The Bristol Cable spoke to demonstrators many of whom had recently been to the camp and wanted to raise awareness about the ongoing situation through this gathering in the centre of town.

Film

Watch - Bristol Uni’s "Ethical investment policy"... £5.6m in fossil fuels?

Students, Councillors and the public call the UoB to divest from fossil fuel

Film

Cable film screening: Cartel Land (2015)

Come along on the 17th December 2015 to our screening of this unmissable documentary

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