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Exclusive interview: “Judah will not be silenced”

Taser survivor Ras Judah Adunbi and filmmakers Bashart Malik and Zaheer Mamon are crowdfunding for a new film about racial injustice.

Relative of Bristol Brink’s-Mat gangster jailed as part of organised crime ring

10 men including John 'Goldfinger' Palmer's son-in-law jailed for roles in extortion, drug dealing and blackmail gang. 

Police officer who Tasered Ras Judah in face cleared of misconduct

But Race Equality Commissioner says justice hasn’t been done for Judah Adunbi.

The Cable view: opening the surveillance state through collaboration

Following a Bristol Cable campaign, police forces must release information on mass spy technology

Police forced to reveal info on mass mobile phone spying, following Cable investigation

Privacy International ruling an ‘important victory for government transparency’ after two-year battle.

Exclusive: Former coppers, including undercover, exposed in police data blunder

While police are fighting to protect the identities of officers during the ‘spycops’ public inquiry into undercover policing, an Avon and Somerset Police Facebook group has exposed the identities of former officers, including covert police.

National report slams police ‘digital stop and search’ following Cable investigation

Following a Bristol Cable investigation in 2017, charity Privacy International have today published a new report on the technology UK police forces are secretly using to download all the content and data from people’s phones.

Nazis behind Saturday’s far-right rally

Some neo-Nazis are expected to be in Bristol city centre this Saturday. Anti-fascist groups have called a counter-demonstration.

Illegal: police withholding key information

Is it a clampdown in response to Bristol Cable investigations or just a bureaucratic oversight?

Coppers working second jobs for extra cash

Give this mystery shopper bad customer service and you might get more than just a poor rating.

Racial bias growing in stop and search

While Avon and Somerset police have reduced the total number of stop an searches, the proportion of black people compared to white people increases. Photo:...

Police remove documents following Cable investigation

But they’ve been downloaded here… “The longer the policy of denial of existence of these capabilities go on, the worse it is for police, citizens,...