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Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked, with activist Jasmine York on being jailed after the Kill the Bill riots

Jasmine York, who was jailed for arson after the 2021 Kill the Bill riots, discusses those days that rocked the city, and abolishing prisons.

Neil Maggs George Colwey Adam Cantwell-Corn
Neil Maggs, George Colwey and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Police and Crime bill

Mother of jailed Kill the Bill protester: ‘We never thought she’d get this long’ 

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Police and Crime bill

Two women jailed after Kill the Bill violence

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Police and Crime bill

Kill the Bill protester cleared of riot, found guilty of arson

Jasmine York will be sentenced on 14 March, but has been released on unconditional bail until then.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Police and Crime bill

Jury convicts man of riot and arson after first Kill the Bill trial

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Bristol's Kill the Bill protests

Police used ‘excessive force’ during Bristol Kill the Bill protests, as parliamentary inquiry finds ‘significant failings’

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Bristol and Beyond

Jews in Bristol protest Israel’s violence and oppression in Palestine

British Jews have gathered across the country to call for justice for Palestinians.

Adam Cantwell-Corn Aphra Evans
Adam Cantwell-Corn and Aphra Evans

Police and Crime bill

Retired riot cop breaks rank to say Police and Crime Bill must be stopped

In this exclusive interview, a retired Avon and Somerset police officer says the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is a democratic risk and could lead to more violence.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Police and Crime bill

‘I was pretty scared so I was just in a ball’: Protesters speak out about police violence

We talk to protesters who say they were brutally attacked by police at the recent protests against the Police and Crime Bill.

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Hannah Vickers and Priyanka Raval

Police and Crime bill

What is the Police and Crime Bill, why does it matter, and why are people so angry?

The wave of dissent ongoing in Bristol looks set to continue across the UK as the Home Office’s Police and Crime Bill progresses. What’s at stake in the proposed legislation, how will it impact individuals and communities, and what alternatives do its opponents propose?

Marianne Brooker
Marianne Brooker

Police and Crime bill

Bristol’s fourth Police and Crime Bill protest remains peaceful after hands-off policing

After last week’s protests against the Police and Crime Bill saw heavy-handed policing and clashes with protesters, the city’s fourth demo last night went ahead peacefully with no intervention from the police.

Filiz Gurer
Filiz Gurer

Police and Crime bill

Debunked: Expired MOT does not prove police vehicle fires were ‘staged’

Ever since a police van and car were set alight during disturbances in Bristol, false claims have circulated on social media that the vehicles’ expired MOTs prove that the events were ‘staged’.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram
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