Reports

Hundreds protest against school takeover

Protest at Winterbourne International Academy to oppose takeover by Oasis academy chain – as school hit by a ‘financial notice to improve’ from government.

Lorna Stephenson

City

‘Save our School’: Winterbourne International Academy

Staff and parents at Winterbourne International Academy prepare to fight school takeover by national academy chain.

Lorna Stephenson

Ideas and Action

St Pauls’ Carnival set to return next summer

In a sign of brighter days to come, community organisers have announced the revival of the St Paul’s Carnival for the 1st July 2017.

Shaun Clarke

City

Mayor pressured to take on Government over cuts

Councillors, activists and trade union members joined council workers and members of the public on Tuesday to protest £92million of proposed cuts to Bristol City Council’s...

Joe Smith

Reports

“Justifiable” discrimination: 500% fee increase for asylum appeals

“A Dafuri man claiming asylum has been trying for two years to bring his wife here. If he can’t afford to even go to court and appeal...

Koel Mukherjee

Cable Community News

A night with Poetic Pilgrimage; The Hip Hop Hijabis. 25.11.16

Conversation and music with Bristol born and bred Muslim Hip Hop and Spoken Word duo, expressing the world as they see it through the art...

The Bristol Cable

City

The politics of mental health in Bristol

On Monday, the Freedom of Mind festival kicked off with a panel discussion on Bristol’s mental health services – and what we can do to...

Amani Omejar

Ideas and Action

Sex-work offences dramatically decline in Bristol as debate rages

Whilst the debate around criminalisation of sex work rages,there has been a steep decline in sex work related offences recorded by police within Bristol.

Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

Campaigners win power station battle

Calls for a ‘no-burn’ policy on fuel generation within the city following tense campaign to protect air quality in Lawrence Hill.

Lorna Stephenson

City

Decision time for Lawrence Hill power station

Planning committee to vote on plan labeled ‘environmental racism’ and a ‘subsidy cash machine’ tomorrow, amid vehement opposition.

Lorna Stephenson

City

An ethics lesson for emergency housing

Bristol council this week announced it would be adopting ACORN’s Ethical Lettings Charter as the standard for housing across the city. What will it mean...