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Underpaid, over-policed and under threat: Bristol’s delivery drivers at the sharp end of government’s immigration crackdown

Adam Quarshie and Sean Morrison

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Investigations

Bristol council paying huge sums of money to rent homes from banned landlord

Back in 2022, Bristol City Council obtained a five-year court order barring landlord Naomi Knapp from renting out her homes. Now, it’s spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money to use her properties as emergency accommodation.

Alex Turner and Daisy Steinhardt

Investigations

Revealed: how two Bristol men lifted the lid on their union’s failures to tackle racism

Alex Turner

No to Section 60

Racist and traumatising: inside a Section 60 suspicionless stop and search operation

Sean Morrison

No to Section 60

No To Section 60: Letter to local MPs demanding suspicionless search legislation is scrapped

Here's a draft letter to be sent to your local MP demanding that they push for the repeal of Section 60 police stop and search powers

The Bristol Cable

Investigations

Revealed: Building owner ‘abandons’ leaseholders trapped in unsafe Brislington flats

Orchard House residents took matters into their own hands to force the building owner to carry out remediation works, under powers brought in after the Grenfell tragedy. But as the legal deadline nears, little progress has been made.

Matty Edwards

Investigations

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Whistleblowers reveal institutional racism at local NHS trust

A Cable investigation spanning months has uncovered that complaints of institutional racism at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust went unheard, despite promises from management to tackle the issue.

Priyanka Raval

Investigations

Bristol rogue landlord rented out room despite banning order, tenants say

Naomi Knapp was prohibited from renting out her properties to new tenants in 2022, but the Cable has uncovered evidence to suggest she brought in new tenants anyway.

Daisy Steinhardt

Investigations

Exclusive: Banned rogue landlord under council investigation for listing properties on Airbnb

Holiday lettings firm removes listings after Cable investigation uncovers evidence showing Naomi Knapp's homes have been available to let on its website, via a third party.

Daisy Steinhardt

Investigations

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

Cable research shows that Bristol is worse than many other major cities at handling citizens’ FOI requests. Why is this a problem – and will the end of the mayoral system next year bring more open local government in the city?

Alex Turner

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Underpaid, over-policed and under threat: Bristol’s delivery drivers at the sharp end of government’s immigration crackdown

Bristol council paying huge sums of money to rent homes from banned landlord

Revealed: how two Bristol men lifted the lid on their union’s failures to tackle racism

Racist and traumatising: inside a Section 60 suspicionless stop and search operation

No To Section 60: Letter to local MPs demanding suspicionless search legislation is scrapped

Revealed: Building owner ‘abandons’ leaseholders trapped in unsafe Brislington flats

Whistleblowers reveal institutional racism at local NHS trust

Bristol rogue landlord rented out room despite banning order, tenants say

Exclusive: Banned rogue landlord under council investigation for listing properties on Airbnb

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

Investigations

Underpaid, over-policed and under threat: Bristol’s delivery drivers at the sharp end of government’s immigration crackdown

Bristol council paying huge sums of money to rent homes from banned landlord

Revealed: how two Bristol men lifted the lid on their union’s failures to tackle racism

Racist and traumatising: inside a Section 60 suspicionless stop and search operation

No To Section 60: Letter to local MPs demanding suspicionless search legislation is scrapped

Revealed: Building owner ‘abandons’ leaseholders trapped in unsafe Brislington flats

Whistleblowers reveal institutional racism at local NHS trust

Bristol rogue landlord rented out room despite banning order, tenants say

Exclusive: Banned rogue landlord under council investigation for listing properties on Airbnb

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

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