Investigations

Uncovering injustice and wrongdoing

Bristol and Beyond

Destination climate disaster … Via Bilbao

Mapping Bristol’s growing air traffic carbon footprint

Adam Cantwell-Corn

Bristol and Beyond

What links Bristol Green Capital council, Monsanto and “probably carcinogenic” chemicals?

The World Health Organisation says it probably causes cancer in humans. It has been banned outright in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Colombia and Sri Lanka.

Nathan Williams

City

Is your pension funding climate collapse?

The pension fund for the Avon area has over £36 million invested in fossil fuels..

Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

Subsidies on board

With private companies in charge of operating Bristol’s essential network of bus services, corporate welfare means taxpayers pay twice

Alec Saelens

City

Going cold Turkey? Drugs & alcohol advice services severed

Community drug and alcohol advice services in Bristol are struggling to keep afloat and provide vital support to people facing the cutbacks of austerity. Words:...

Alec Saelens

Ideas and Action

Skilled training or cheap labour?

Apprenticeships have been heralded by the main parties as a solution to youth unemployment. The Cable spoke to people inside the world of apprenticeships to...

Alon Aviram

Bristol and Beyond

Exclusive interactive: Bristol Uni’s (not so) Ethical Investments

Co-ordination, words and visualisation by Adam Cantwell-Corn. Research contributions by Dean Ayotte, Alon Aviram, Alec Saelens, Fiorella Jacobson, Arvind Howarth & Maria da Silva This...

Adam Cantwell-Corn

Edition 3

Just what have our MPs been up to?

You might have noticed political flyers coming through your door these past few months, brimming with earnest messages and pledges by MP wannabes in a bid to win your vote. We thought we’d take a look behind the political spiel at some of what our MPs have been up to.

Joanne Ball, Adam Wilkinson and The Bristol Cable

City

Exclusive: Green fingers and blind spots

Following controversy over use of public money for Green Capital, Alec Saelens and Joe Smith chatted with people concerned, seeking transparency about how the money...

Alec Saelens and Joe Smith

City

Bristol Water: Who is getting what at the watering hole?

Bristol Water is accused of sucking up millions in profits from a natural resource, while over one million customers take the hit. Ben Hickey investigates, with additional research by Adam Cantwell-Corn

Ben Hickey and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Reports