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Desmond Brown on knife crime, the justice system and being called a ‘police informant’

Desmond has been accused by some of being a police informant, due to his work with local institutions and the police, a claim he strongly refutes as ridiculous.

Neil Maggs, Rosa Eaton and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Investigations

The unsolved fire at The Office and the chequered history of a rogue landlord

Alon Aviram

Investigations

Revealed: Thousands of kids are being put in isolation, fuelling schools debate

Matty Edwards

Ice Cream Slavery Case

Finally exposed: How Lopresti ice cream boss kept men in slave-like conditions, tenants and families in squalor. But people spoke out.

In a Cable investigation spanning five years, a shocking story has been uncovered.

Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram

Investigations

Dark Arts: a true crime series

The Bristol Cable

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Episode 4: Tattoo parlours, nightclubs and firebombs – how businesses were blackmailed

Alon Aviram and Michael Gillard

Investigations

How two survivors of abuse were failed. And how they fought back.

A story of two women on the sharp end of organisational failures, who refused to be victims.

Adam Cantwell-Corn

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

A safe fix for Bristol’s drug users and the city

Saving lives and clearing needles off the streets: Bristol has the power to become the first UK city to set up a safe consumption room.

Matty Edwards

Investigations

Revealed: NHS staff in Bristol are being worked until they’re sick with stress

In the 70th year of the NHS, an investigation by the Cable reveals that those who care for the nation are in need of serious attention.

Adam Cantwell-Corn and Richard Muir

Boot Out Bailiffs

We’re launching a campaign to stop the council setting bailiffs on Bristolians. Here’s why.

Using muscle to collect debts is as old as money itself. But the Mayor and Bristol City Council must use fairer and more effective ways. It's time to #bootoutbailiffs.

The Bristol Cable

Offshore in Bristol

Council properties flogged to secretive offshore companies

Twenty-eight properties owned by Bristol City Council are being leased to companies based in secretive tax havens, an investigation by the Cable reveals.

Alon Aviram and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Investigations

Campaign: stopping IMSI-catcher surveillance

The Cable is launching a national campaign calling for police to come clean on IMSI-catchers, and to ban this intrusive technology.

Alon Aviram

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