Features

Temple Island: the latest creep of pseudo-public space across Bristol?

Bristol City Council has agreed terms for a major redevelopment of Temple Island, but what are the trade-offs when public land is sold to private companies?

Max Roche
Max Roche

This Week in Bristol

The exterior of the Tap and Barrel pub, Bedminster.

This week in Bristol: Four Bedminster pubs close on same day (but one’s reopening)

Four south Bristol pubs within a 5-minute radius announced their closure on Wednesday. But one couple has already offered to come to the rescue.

Eliz Mizon
Eliz Mizon

Investigations

Revealed: Carpentry firm that switched names and pocketed deposits now under investigation

After reporting on a shadowy online firm that regularly changed names and owed multiple customers hundreds of pounds last year, the Cable has found evidence linking it to a new business that also keeps shifting its identity.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Labour’s Nicola Beech on whether developers or the public are getting the best deal out of our city

Why does it sometimes feel like developers are giving the council the runaround? Neil chats to councillor Nicola Beech about the crucial but complex world of city planning.

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Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media, Adam Cantwell-Corn and George Colwey

Reports

Boat dwellers threaten council with legal action over ‘unreasonable mooring fee hike’

People living in Bristol Harbour claim the lack of consultation over the increase to mooring fees, which is due to come into force in April, was unlawful. 

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Reports

Notorious Bristol property boss fined more than £10,000 for eyesores

Mushtaq Ahmed was fined £10,327 for failing to comply with a legal order to clean up three empty buildings he owns – after the Cable revealed the potential breach earlier this year.

Alex King
Alex King

Cable Community News

We’re hiring: Workplace Lead (Operations)

This crucial role developing and administering our workplace and its systems helps make it possible for us to deliver our journalism and community engagement.

The Bristol Cable
The Bristol Cable

Reports

Parents warn ‘monstrous’ changes to autism referral rules for children will ‘cost lives’

SEND parents have slammed new rules that mean children must be in 'crisis' before they can be referred for an autism assessment in the Bristol area.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Two years after Bristol’s Kill the Bill unrest, protesters condemn ‘unjust’ sentences and the media narrative

Protesters descended on Bridewell police station this week to mark two years since a peaceful demonstration turned ugly. They were out in force in support of people put in prison for their involvement in the disorder.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

In Disrepair: Bristol's broken renting system

The Cable view: Bristol renters can’t wait any longer for reform

After reporting for years on the city’s broken rental market, the Cable supports those demanding that the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill becomes a reality – now.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

In Disrepair: Bristol's broken renting system

Bristol renters descend on Westminster to demand greater rights and protections

Four years after the government promised to ban no-fault evictions, renters are still waiting for a lifeline in the Renters Reform Bill that would correct the power imbalance with private landlords. 

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Bristol City’s James Edwards on football, community and politics

Neil chats to James, who helps lead Bristol City's charity arm the Robins Foundation, about the role of football in the community and the furore over Gary Lineker’s criticisms of government asylum policy.

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Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media, Adam Cantwell-Corn and George Colwey
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