Reports

Reports

‘Their lives and safety are in great danger’: Students urge Bristol Uni to protect Afghan alumni

A campaign is urging Bristol University to protect fellow alumni - one a women’s rights activist - stranded in Kabul, who fear for their lives as the Taliban retake the capital.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval and Rohan Roy

Police and Crime bill

Four more ‘Kill the Bill’ protesters plead not guilty to riot charge

The defendants could get lengthy jail terms if convicted when they stand trial in May and June next year in connection with the Kill the Bill protest on 21 March.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Reports

Exclusive: the witness who police didn’t interview after friend’s unsolved disappearance speaks for first time

Jo Hook had dinner with her friend Linda Millard the night before she vanished but was never interviewed by police as a witness. Linda’s disappearance is one of Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s longest running missing person cases, with a possible organised crime connection.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Reports

Bristol pledges to welcome 10 Afghani families fleeing from Taliban rule

The government has set out a plan for the UK to take up to 20,000 refugees but campaigners are calling for more support.

Amanda Cameron (Local Democracy Reporter)

Bristol and Beyond

Bristol Hong Kong

Escape from Hong Kong to Bristol: 3 protestors speak out on police brutality and life in exile

They are keeping the spirit of the pro-democracy protest movement alive - and wondering whether they'll ever go home. Content warning: this video contains some violent scenes.

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Reports

‘It’s still in our hands, but only just’: Explainer special on Bristol and climate change

In this special edition of our weekly Bristol Briefing, climate scientists and local activists respond to the landmark IPCC report on climate change.

Matty Edwards Marianne Brooker
Matty Edwards and Marianne Brooker

Reports

New details revealed about fatal Avonmouth explosion at Wessex Water plant

It has been more than eight months since the Wessex Water explosion killed four workers. Families, friends, and colleagues await the inquiry’s findings, with no end date in sight.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Reports

The council pledges to not cooperate with Home Office targeting of migrant rough sleepers

Bristol City Council joins other local authorities and charities in defiance of controversial Home Office plans.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Reports

High-rises under scrutiny as council considers rebuilding social housing

Homes at Kingsdown and Lawrence Weston are the first focus of estate regeneration plans, but new housing boss pledges to put tenants at heart of decisions over whether any blocks come down.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

This Week in Bristol: Kill the Bill protestors jailed for rioting, and Covid cases falling

There's finally some good news on the Covid front in Bristol.

Alon Aviram Marianne Brooker
Alon Aviram and Marianne Brooker

Reports

As Bristol’s latest drug death rocks the city, can getting your drugs tested save lives?

The Cable speaks to Bristol Drugs Project about their harm reduction efforts amid safety concerns about young people partying after the recent reopening.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

BAME hospital staff told to use easier-to-pronounce ‘Western names’, watchdog finds

Hospital manager told Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff to go by “Western names” while on duty because their own are too hard to pronounce, a shocking inspection has revealed

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)
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