Hundreds of Bristol properties snapped up by offshore firms

Local pubs, hotels, flats and cinemas are owned by companies based in tax havens.

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.

Becky Romero’s family: “Our children deserve better than this”

Family of teenager failed by Bristol’s mental health service demand more funding for the sector.

NHS land sold off for housing that nurses can’t afford

Public land is being sold to developers – but the vast majority will be unaffordable for key workers.

First step towards planning law to protect nightlife from developments

The legislation that would stop venues being shut down by noise complaints has even received backing from Paul McCartney.

Cultivating futures at the Severn Project

“Being part of the Severn Project I’m part of society. I was detached from society for a long time. A long, long time.”

A few thoughts on 2017, and on to 2018!

We’re laying long term foundations with many lessons learned along the way. Here are some we will take forward into 2018.

The cared-for become carers

Elm Tree Farm is a working farm in Stapleton providing support and training to adults with learning disabilities and autism. Photographer Esther May Campbell spent a year documenting it.

Bristol University urged to tackle underreporting of sexual violence

As more students speak out about their experiences of sexual violence, why are reporting rates so low at Bristol University?

Plans to deport rough sleepers ruled illegal

Council plans to work with the government’s Immigration Enforcement to detain and remove European rough sleepers from the UK has been thrown into doubt.

Opinion: Bristol Pound ‘looks like Monopoly money’, but is quite the opposite

It may not solve everything but it is a great start.

A pioneering project to tackle gender-based violence needs help

The Cable speaks to Bristol Zero Tolerance about how the initiative to eradicate gender-based violence could be saved.