Investigations

Uncovering injustice and wrongdoing

Revealed: The Bristolians ‘ripped off’ by second hand camper van seller

For years, online rumours have swirled about ‘Bristol Bob’ – a Fishponds-based dealer of Mazda Bongo vans. A Cable investigation found customers left with thousands of pounds of repair costs and seeking legal action after being sold faulty vehicles.

Matty Edwards

Investigations

The Bristol residents caught up in the cladding crisis and left in the lurch by the government

Despite recent announcements of billions to replace dangerous cladding, people across our region are facing huge bills to fix combustible materials and defective fire-stopping measures in their buildings.

Alex Turner

Investigations

The Avonmouth explosion was horrific. But it wasn’t unprecedented.

The business of recycling sewage into fertiliser, and the wider wastewater treatment industry, have been chequered by explosions and industrial accidents

Alon Aviram

Investigations

Revealed: Fresh concerns over potential racial profiling of British citizens by Home Office prompt renewed calls for change

British citizens are again topping the list of nationalities being stopped and checked by immigration enforcement officers.

Luke Butterly and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Investigations

Caught on camera: suspected surveillance of man who complained of police corruption

Exclusively obtained police report and CCTV suggests Special Branch may have played a part in the surveillance of a former police informant.

Alon Aviram

Investigations

Police intelligence links disappearance of Linda Millard to gangland murders

It is of one of Avon and Somerset’s longest unsolved missing persons cases. But a police intelligence report links the mother’s disappearance to a notorious gangland slaying.

Alon Aviram and Michael Gillard

Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services

Another private mental health ward for children has closed. Now Bristol has no residential beds.

The second ward closure at the Priory Hospital Bristol in two months because of staffing problems has left Bristol temporarily without any residential beds for children. MPs, charities and a parent speak out.

Matty Edwards

Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services

Revealed: The true story behind the closure of privately-run mental health ward at Priory Bristol

Workers from a children’s ward at Priory Hospital Bristol speak out about regular incidents of self-harm and alleged attacks on staff, following a six-month Cable investigation.

Matty Edwards

Investigations

A police informant says he was let down, now his life is in danger

Avon and Somerset Police persuaded ‘John’ to provide information about criminals he’d grown up with. One officer’s bending of police guidelines has left him living in fear.

Alon Aviram

Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services

Revealed: Failures in care for man who took his life at private mental health unit

Dominic Vickars was just 25 when he died while at Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke in Weston-super-Mare, a private hospital part-funded by the NHS. Using evidence from the inquest and accounts from his family, we tell the story of how he was let down.

Matty Edwards

Investigations

Whose life to save? Investigating the ‘do not resuscitate’ form coronavirus controversy

After families spoke out about their loved ones being pressured into refusing treatment if they get COVID-19, Bristol healthcare workers say there's far more to the story.

Priyanka Raval

Investigations

Speedwell fire update: Landlord of The Office blackmailed by gang

The Cable can reveal that the landlord of The Office – the Speedwell building, which burnt down last year – has been targeted by a gang in an alleged blackmail raid.

Alon Aviram

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Revealed: The Bristolians ‘ripped off’ by second hand camper van seller

The Bristol residents caught up in the cladding crisis and left in the lurch by the government

The Avonmouth explosion was horrific. But it wasn’t unprecedented.

Revealed: Fresh concerns over potential racial profiling of British citizens by Home Office prompt renewed calls for change

Caught on camera: suspected surveillance of man who complained of police corruption

Police intelligence links disappearance of Linda Millard to gangland murders

Another private mental health ward for children has closed. Now Bristol has no residential beds.

Revealed: The true story behind the closure of privately-run mental health ward at Priory Bristol

A police informant says he was let down, now his life is in danger

Revealed: Failures in care for man who took his life at private mental health unit

Whose life to save? Investigating the ‘do not resuscitate’ form coronavirus controversy

Speedwell fire update: Landlord of The Office blackmailed by gang

Investigations

Revealed: The Bristolians ‘ripped off’ by second hand camper van seller

The Bristol residents caught up in the cladding crisis and left in the lurch by the government

The Avonmouth explosion was horrific. But it wasn’t unprecedented.

Revealed: Fresh concerns over potential racial profiling of British citizens by Home Office prompt renewed calls for change

Caught on camera: suspected surveillance of man who complained of police corruption

Police intelligence links disappearance of Linda Millard to gangland murders

Another private mental health ward for children has closed. Now Bristol has no residential beds.

Revealed: The true story behind the closure of privately-run mental health ward at Priory Bristol

A police informant says he was let down, now his life is in danger

Revealed: Failures in care for man who took his life at private mental health unit

Whose life to save? Investigating the ‘do not resuscitate’ form coronavirus controversy

Speedwell fire update: Landlord of The Office blackmailed by gang

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