Sex workers and women’s groups respond to consultation showing strong support for strip clubs
The results of a public consultation show 86% of respondents don't want strip clubs banned, just three weeks before the council decides their fate – and that of their workers.
Photo essay: Rainbows and revellers at Bristol Pride
After a two year hiatus, the Bristol Pride parade took place on Saturday amid searing temperatures, led by drummers and dancers with a sea of rainbow flags in tow.
Listen: Bristol Unpacked on striking care workers at St Monica’s, with trade union organiser Josh Connor
At a time where each day brings new stories of industrial action, Neil Maggs speaks to Josh Connor, a Unison staffer standing with care workers on the picket line.
Bristol media urges mayor to reverse ban on local democracy reporters from briefings
The Cable has joined other outlets in the city in sending an open letter to Marvin Rees, after the mayor insisted that LDR reporters are not 'banned' but simply 'not invited'.
Autistic woman wins damages after police put ‘false and misleading’ information on her record
In the latest in a series of payouts from the force, Avon and Somerset Police were found to hold records incorrectly describing her as having 'split personality, violent when not medicated'.
‘It’s not pro-life, it’s pro-misogyny’: Bristol marches on abortion rights
A protest on Saturday saw speakers bring to light the murky legal picture around abortion in the UK, just two weeks after the US Supreme Court effectively banned abortions for millions.
This week in Bristol: Coroner’s rulings ‘unfair and unjust’
This week, the parents of a young Bristol woman who took her own life at a mental health crisis house have spoken out against an “uncritical” inquest into her death.
5 key moments in history that led to the Police and Crime Act
Now the government has restricted peaceful protest, criminal defence solicitor Matt Foot explains the history of violent policing at protests and outlines how we got here.
This week in Bristol: Uni seeks to appeal landmark suicide ruling
Care workers are to strike over working conditions, Bristol modern slavery victims are jailed, plus everything else you need to know in this week’s briefing.
