Opinion
Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
'Why we must challenge media narratives of Travellers'
A Cable member recently cancelled their membership because we write about inequalities faced by Gypsies, Roma and Travellers instead of where the latest unauthorised encampment is. Here’s why we do that.
‘We need better data and more testing to avoid coronavirus deaths in our care homes’
New data reveals that nearly one in three of Bristol’s coronavirus deaths have taken place in care homes. Nick Lawrence, a Cable member who used to work in public health, is baffled by the lack of up-to-date data and the government’s testing strategy.
'The contagion of misinformation and a Bristol Facebook page linking 5G and coronavirus'
There’s another contagion doing the rounds, it’s not coronavirus, but disinformation. And one Bristol Facebook page with thousands of likes is spreading claims that 5G is connected to the pandemic, says Alon Aviram.
"Privatising non-emergency ambulance services is bad for patients"
Across the south west, patient transport services have been transferred to private firms. But, a former NHS employee argues, the process has raised serious questions about their ability to do the job – and about wider fragmentation of our health system.
