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Hope Is Around The Corner

When we’re deported, will mum be allowed to visit?

St George’s flags are going up all over the country. Nikesh reflects on what this means, and how to explain it to young kids without dampening their joy

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Features

A man dressed in black stands in front of a white wall with the logo of a cricket club.

‘If you see it, you can be it’: The cricket club creating a more inclusive game

Ollie Goodwin

Features

A woman with blonde hair works on her laptop at a table in her garden with her child in a pushchair in the foreground

Meet the Bristol author helping women write their way through early motherhood

Steph Cullen
Steph Cullen
This image features the logo and title for Bristol Unpacked, a podcast presented by The Bristol Cable. It includes stylized illustrations of host Neil Maggs and this week's guest, family courts barrister Lucy Reed in yellow circles against a grey abstract background.

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with barrister Lucy Reed, on opening the secretive family courts to scrutiny

The family courts, which make orders for children to be taken into care, have long been a hidden world, but that's now changing. Neil talks to barrister and transparency campaigner Lucy about why this matters, and how the system needs to change.

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Alex Turner, George Colwey and Neil Maggs
A man with glasses and a beard stands in front of a park playground, showcasing a casual yet thoughtful demeanour.

Features

Project helping new dads cope with parenthood faces uncertain future

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards
Illustration of an individual sitting at a desk with head in hands, and a door with bars visible in the background.

Cable Community News

Editorial: Why the Cable will be shining a light on child imprisonment

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Area in Focus

Group of six cheerful young people posing together in front of a colorful graffiti wall with the word 'Hartcliffe' (partly obscured) on it.

South Bristol’s new youth centre is technically in Knowle West. Can it deliver for kids from Hartcliffe too?

A huge Youth Zone, part of a national network, will be opening in 2026 by the Imperial Retail Park. But is it what this side of the city needs? And will young people feel welcome, no matter what postcode they live in?

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Samira Musse on community power, how to consult with people, and giving kids confidence lessons

What do the powers-that-be get wrong when they come to talk to communities – and how could this be done better? And why are youth services so crucial?

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Alex Turner, Neil Maggs and George Colwey

Area in Focus

youth bus opening ceremony, several young people gathered around two adults who are about to cut a read ribbon all in front of a colourful bus.

Somewhere safe: how a modest cash boost could have a big impact on youth services in Kingswood

Services for young people are few and far between in South Gloucestershire's largest town. But its recently formed local council has set aside nearly half of its annual budget in a bid to change that.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

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)

Voices

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When it doesn’t pay to work: how universal free childcare would help us all

Women are being priced out of work. Making childcare truly affordable wouldn’t only benefit individual families, but society as a whole.

Laura Williams
Laura Williams

Reports

As the childcare crisis fuels inequality for women and children, mums are demanding action

The childcare system is at breaking point both in Bristol and nationally, with mothers being forced out of the workforce as costs rise and provision shrinks.

Laura Williams
Laura Williams
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