Features

Turbo Island: Bristol’s very own ‘Love Island’

From newly-kindled friendships, to flirtations and fireside fumbles, Cable reporter Priyanka spent Valentine's Day gathering love stories from Turbo Island.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Features

Exclusive: Police paying out damages to protesters on hundreds of claims

Avon and Somerset police are counting the cost of recent protest crackdowns.

Jack Barton

Area in Focus

A population explosion is coming to Bedminster. So what does the future look like?

A wave of new housing developments is coming to Bedminster, Southville and Windmill Hill. So a new community project asks what the future should hold for the area.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

This Week in Bristol

Men in orange jumpsuits, with head torches, search through rubble at night. They are members of the UK's International Search & Rescue team, in Hatay, Turkey, looking for survivors of the 2023 earthquake.

This week in Bristol: Earthquake fundraiser organised by Bristol woman smashes £10k target

A JustGiving page organised by a Kurdish woman in Bristol has raised thousands of pounds in just a few days.

Eliz Mizon
Eliz Mizon

Features

Turbo Island got tarmacked, was there a better alternative?

An outpouring of posts eulogising the wonders of Turbo Island poured forth on social media, bemoaning the loss of a “cultural icon”. But what does it mean for Stokes Croft?

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Reports

Revealed: Data tool shows extent of sewage spills at popular Bristol swimming spot – and it’s grim

As campaigners work tirelessly to document sewage spills by Wessex Water into the Avon, top bosses at the water company have earned big bonuses for meeting environmental targets.

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell

Podcasts

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Paul Simmons, armed robber turned TikTok addiction mentor

After more than 20 years in prison, Paul has turned to TikTok to work through his own trauma and regrets, and help others along the way.

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

Reports

Bristol City Council investigates notorious property boss for potential breach of legal order

In 2022, landlord Mushtaq Ahmed was fined £3,000 and given 150 days to clean up three dilapidated buildings in Bristol – but there’s been little sign of improvement since.

Alex King
Alex King

Future of Cities

Image of Jon Shepherd, a resident of the Merry Hill community-led housing scheme in Lockleaze (credit: David Griffiths)

Small developments, big ideas: how Bristol’s community groups took housing into their own hands

A groundbreaking council 'land disposal' policy is helping citizen groups in Bristol to develop affordable homes. They can't hope to solve the housing crisis – but what impact can they have for local communities?

Jonathan Eldridge
Jonathan Eldridge

Callouts

Have your say: BS3 In Focus

The Cable wants to tell more stories from different parts of Bristol. That's why we're focusing on new a new area every three months. This time it's BS3!

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The Bristol Cable
The Bristol Cable

This Week in Bristol

This week in Bristol: Airport expansion granted by High Court – but campaigners vow to fight on

Expansion would see the airport increase its capacity from 10 million to 12 million passengers per year.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Reports

‘You cannot run an economy on goodwill’: Bristol’s workers out in force for national day of strike action

On the biggest day of strike action in a decade, we speak to workers and trade union reps about why they’ve downed tools.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval
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