🚨Election specials!🚨

As we go to the polling stations on 2nd May #BristolUnpacked will be interviewing the local party leaders.

First up is the new leader of the ⁦Bristol Labour⁩ group ⁦⁦Tom Renhard⁩ - the councillor of Horfield 🌹🎙️ thebristolcable.org/2024/04/listen…

Fleur was struck over the head with a police baton at a KTB protest three years ago. The blow knocked her unconscious, and when the 26-year-old came around, the huge gash in her head pouring with blood, she says the officers around her did nothing to help thebristolcable.org/2024/04/kill-t…

🎤 Join us for this special of Bristol Unpacked, where the Cable brings together candidates from all parties live on stage.

Taking place at The Station and hosted by the Bristol local legend Neil Maggs on Mon 29th Apr 7-9pm.

Grab a free ticket here: bit.ly/4cP4GCp

.Bristol Green Party launched their manifesto today for the local elections on 2 May, promising to run the city in a more collaborative way - to ‘do things differently’ to Labour.

But what are their actual policies? Tomorrow I’ll be digging through their plans to find out

📽️ Tickets are flying out for next weeks screening + Q&A of Phantom Parrot at Watershed.

Don't miss a one-stop tour of this disconcerting film about technology, surveillance and structural racism along with a fascinating panel discussion.

Tickets here: bit.ly/3TyFuaK

🎞️ High-profile plans to turn a former Wetherspoons into housing have been withdrawn this week. Some tenants of the developer, Landrose, say it needs to improve its service to people already living in its properties.

Full story by Alex Turner here: bit.ly/4cLWu5T

☑️ Bristol goes to the polls in May to decide which party will run the city as we enter the post-mayoral era.

🗒️Here’s your in-depth guide to the #LocalElections : bit.ly/3THGmcY

Matty Edwards #LE24

If the words 'constitutional reform' don't get you going - wait til you hear my turbo charged chat with Isaac_kh about what's in store for Bristol once we ditch Marvin in May, and adopt the 'bureaucratic beast' that is the committee system. In this week's ep of The Debrief 👇🏽

☑️ Bristol goes to the polls in May to decide which party will run the city as we enter the post-mayoral era.

🗒️Here’s your in-depth guide to the #LocalElections : bit.ly/3THGmcY

Matty Edwards #LE24

📆 Next month, the Cable will be bringing you full local elections coverage, from explainers and videos to podcasts grilling the candidates.

What issues matters most to you and what questions you have about the elections? Let us know here: bit.ly/3IFoLxn

🎧 Listen to THE DEBRIEF: In this week's episode, reporters Priyanka Raval and Matty Edwards dig into a 6-month investigation into institutional racism at UHBW NHS Trust.

Subscribe for weekly Cable podcasts and find the episode here: bit.ly/48UyWsA

This campaign will be a moving thing that develops as time passes. But the key message is that we must see change in the city.

The best way of giving ourselves a chance of making that happen is by working together. So if you'd like to get involved, drop me a message

Proud of my colleagues at the Cable, at other outlets and organisations in #Bristol , for launching this initiative to better understand and tackle knife crime in the city.

Losing anyone is devastating, but a child, I can't imagine. Read my colleague Sean Morrison's editorial:

🚨Today the Cable joins the city’s media, community leaders, and groups to stand against knife violence as part of the Together for Change campaign.

Find out more here: bit.ly/3v0pENI

🎧 The Debrief: Cable journalists break down the recent 'Elbit Seven' trial. The defendants were found guilty - but the case continues to raise questions about the Bristol-based headquarters of Elbit, Israel's largest arms manufacturer.

👉 Listen here: bit.ly/4bPGtLJ

BIG STORY: A Cable investigation spanning months has uncovered that complaints of institutional racism at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust went unheard, despite promises from management to tackle the issue.

Full story by Priyanka Raval here: bit.ly/3OY4syw

🔍 Lewis Thomas, who operated anonymous carpentry businesses on social media, has six months to pay back £5,000 after pleading guilty to fraudulent practices.

Full story by Matty Edwards here: bit.ly/3SOB0w5

Illustration by Sophia Checkley

🚨 18 months after The Bristol Cable revealed how this shady rogue trader withheld refunds and changed his company name time after time, he's been ordered by a judge to repay thousands of pounds to victims thebristolcable.org/2024/02/bristo…