Coronavirus in Bristol

Bristol’s Omicron peak still weeks away, as hospitals declare internal critical incidents

Bristol is seeing very high rates of infection, but this isn't translating into lots of people needing hospital treatment, say health leaders.

Stephen Sumner (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Colston 4 found not guilty of criminal damage to slave trader’s statue

The public gallery erupted with cheers and applause as the defendants were cleared following a landmark trial

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Callouts

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We want to investigate rogue landlords, poor conditions and council enforcement to help inform the debate on solutions.

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The Bristol Cable
The Bristol Cable

Reports

Colston statue dumped in harbour so council wouldn’t put it back up, defendant tells court

The case has been adjourned until 4 January, when the jury will hear closing speeches from the prosecution and defence, as well as the judge’s summing up of evidence.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Reports

Descendant of enslaved person says Colston’s statue remaining in place was ‘profoundly shameful’

The act ‘centred’ a global conversation about Britain’s role in the slave trade, she told the trial of the Colston 4.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Reports

Council call off bailiffs after discovering an eviction blocked by community response was for a debt owed to them

Bailiffs were trying to evict the woman and her two children a week before Christmas.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Cable Community News

5 things the Cable learned this year

As we reflect on 2021 and welcome 2022, one thing is clear: together, we can reshape the media and with it, our city. 

Marianne Brooker
Marianne Brooker

Features

Locals are dreading New Year’s Eve after a Bonfire Night party left their local nature reserve ‘trashed’

The 1,800 revellers left the inner-city nature reserve littered with broken glass, fireworks and drugs litter, leaving the community that cares for it worried about what happens next.

Jess Connett
Jess Connett

Reports

Colston ‘heavily involved’ in Britain’s most prolific slave trading company, David Olusoga tells statue-toppling trial

The historian gave expert evidence as a witness for the defence in the trial of the so-called Colston 4.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

In Disrepair: Bristol's broken renting system

‘Marginalised people are worse affected by the housing crisis’: the Bristol renters facing discrimination and bias

Bristol City Council have pledged to stamp out discrimination in the private rental sector. But it’s not always clear cut.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Sexual harassment

The clinical psychologist specialising in sexual assault: ‘I’ve not had any clients with positive experiences of reporting’

With sexual violence under the spotlight again at Bristol University, a psychologist with clients who are survivors of assault speaks out.

Claire Plumbly
Claire Plumbly

Reports

Pulling down ‘monument to racism’ was right thing to do, Colston toppling trial hears

Trial day 3: The presence of the slave trader’s statue was like a hate crime, a defendant told the jury

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison
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