More than half of Bristolians have no religion. But what do people believe instead? The Cable speaks to members of Bristol ...

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In the 2010s, trans characters were part of many popular TV shows. Trans Bristolians reflect on declining representation in ...

Poku Osei transitioned from hustling to sell sugar and DVDs in Ghana to running one of Bristol’s most celebrated social enterprises. Babbasa focuses on helping young people access and thrive with new ...

A jury at Woolwich Crown Court in London has refused to convict six Palestine Action activists who broke into an Israeli arms facility Elbit Systems UK on the outskirts of Bristol. Campaigners hailed ...

Back in 2022, Bristol City Council obtained a five-year court order barring landlord Naomi Knapp from renting out her homes. Now, it’s spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money to use ...

This investigation was reported by the Cable in partnership with Liberty Investigates, Lighthouse Reports and WIRED, whose reporting on this issue you can also find here. Children at risk of ...

Fatema Zainab Rajwani spent six days in solitary confinement before she was moved to a regular cell in HMP Bronzefield. The 20-year-old spent two weeks behind bars before she was even allowed to speak ...

Members of Easton-based anarchist social centre BASE recently discovered that they’re being monitored by counter-terrorist police, after a man was recalled to prison after attending one of its events.

In March last year, a 14-year-old boy was the victim of a serious assault outside his school in east Bristol. After being punched in the face by a man police described as in his thirties, the teenager ...

The polystyrene insulation fixed to more than half of Bristol’s high-rises and many other UK tower blocks should never have been allowed to be used, leading fire experts have said. Expanded ...

An independent report has exposed a series of “shocking” failings in caring for vulnerable people with autism and learning disabilities that has left families scarred, the Cable can reveal. The three ...