After getting into an argument at a demo against the far right, Nikesh ponders the meaning of the English flag and how to ...

Susannah Eley, a volunteer with Citizens Advice, reflects on community and resilience in the face of a hostile immigration ...

Thirty years ago, BSE was spreading across the UK while the government insisted beef was safe. Neil asks Lucy, producer of The Cows are Mad podcast, about the scandal – and how conspiracy theories ...

“We cannot come through 13 years of austerity without it having an impact on people’s lives.” This is what Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees said this week as the council discussed its bleak financial ...

Details of major new restrictions on through traffic as part of Bristol’s first liveable neighbourhood have finally been revealed. The East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood (LN) scheme in Barton Hill, ...

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An autistic woman has received a £5,500 payout from Avon and Somerset Police after they held “false and misleading” information about her on police records for years. Emma*, who spoke to the Cable on ...

This week, with Priyanka away, it’s a case of Isaac Unleashed – and deviating sharply from the regular People Just Do Something chat. Apart, that is, from the frequent references to drugs. Last time ...

Meet Bristol Refugee Artists Collective - a group from around the world who have connected through creativity and made Bristol their home ...

In 2022 a BBC series aired in which former England cricketer Freddie Flintoff went back to his hometown, Preston, to see if he could use cricket to help young lads with limited opportunities. It was ...

“As a Black woman, my children are twice as likely to be stillborn,” explains Sonah Paton, mother of three. It’s a sobering yet unsurprising statement, given how the pandemic unveiled deep-rooted ...