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Behind the buzz: Flawed science, industry influence and the untold harm of energy drinks

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Bristol data tools risked wrongly flagging victims and suspects, Children’s Commissioner ‘deeply concerned’

Bristol City Council data tools used to predict risk of child exploitation may have wrongly identified individuals, the Cable learns, raising concerns about possible historic harm caused before they were quietly decommissioned.

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The rise and fall of Bristol Patriots

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Reader survey: Help us report on the safety of energy drinks

Hurt people, hurt people: The hidden lives of children behind bars

At 10 years old, England and Wales has one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the world. Here we offer a glimpse into child incarceration, the school to prison pipeline and stalling youth justice system reforms. Starting here, on the outskirts of Bristol...

We’ve Got Your Boy: Episode 4, Ain’t No One’s Friend

Trust plays an important role in how we work with young people to prevent serious youth violence. Here we explore trust, built and broken, by institutions, staff in secure units, and the media

We’ve Got Your Boy: Episode 3, Doli Capax (Capable of ‘Evil’)

At 10 years old, England and Wales has one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the world. In the third episode of this investigative series, we challenge the ideology of punishment over prevention.

We’ve Got Your Boy: Episode 2, Can’t Meet His Needs

The role of school exclusions in serious youth violence, and what a safeguarding review tells us about the issue

We’ve Got Your Boy: Episode 1, Hurt people, hurt people

The perpetrators of serious youth violence are often victims themselves, of failing systems of support that if they worked properly could have prevented needless loss of life. How can we stop it, if we don’t address its root causes?

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

As a government crackdown on 'illegal working' in the gig economy intensifies, The Cable investigate how it’s affecting riders and what it takes to resist immigration raids

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