The Bristol Cable: News, Investigations & Events

Cable Community News

Finally: A victory on housing crisis transparency

A year later, the council have responded to calls to take on developers. Here is the Cable’s take.

The Bristol Cable

City

Learning the legal hustle

Bristol-based project Street2Boardroom is ready to shake up the street and business worlds, but challenges lie ahead. “We can’t live in a society where people...

Jack Newcombe

Voices

Voices: My community doesn’t need a Somali word for autism

Autism cuts across all communities – understanding it is crucial. I am the Somali parent of an autistic child.

Said Hussein

Opinion

Voice: A Bristol guide to racist Halloween costumes

“If I can dress up as Captain America why can’t I be an ‘Arab’ or an ‘Indian’? And how dare you offend me by being...

Koel Mukherjee

Bristol and Beyond

Kerry McCarthy MP on Brexit and the future of UK farming

The Labour MP for Bristol East talks about the challenges of steering Brexit in a green direction.

Lorna Stephenson

People's History

The Bristol Reform Riots

October 1831 saw a blaze of anger and thirst for change in the city Over three days in October 1831, Bristol saw arguably the most important riot in British history.

Steve Mills

Reports

Drugs services: commissioning failure after funding cuts

Cuts make Bristol one of a growing number of local authorities who received no bids from service providers.

Alec Saelens

City

Drug use epidemic at HMP Bristol highlights prison system failings

Employees and experts speak out about the causes of declining conditions.

Matty Edwards

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

Bristol and Beyond

From politics to potatoes: real views and stories from Bristol refugees and asylum seekers

From politics to potatoes: real views and stories from Bristol refugees and asylum seekers. People listened to the recordings while looking at the objects the...

Bristol Free Voice

Ideas and Action