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⚠ Recent extreme weather has brought flooding to the River Avon. Homes abandoned, pubs and businesses forced to close, trains cancelled, and roads submerged.
Writing for the Cable, Becca Blease argues why "Recent floods show once again that it’s high time to formally recognise the rights of the River Avon".
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📰 A brand new issue full of the stories that set the Cable's reporting apart. Pick up a free copy of #38 or get it delivered direct with a membership of £5 per month.
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Podcast🎙️After a year which saw a 33% increase in knife crime, reporter Sean Morrison explains the process of developing a campaign against Section 60 with the support of the affected communities.
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📹 Janie Watson attended community meetings held by Avon and Somerset police in February, before and after Section 60 was enacted.
Speaking to the Cable, Janie tells us the police should be doing more to inform the community.
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📺 How Section 60 contributes to rifts between police and the communities they serve.
In this video, John Pegram (@bristolcopwatch) speaks to the Cable about the damaging impact of the racist and ineffective power.
🚫 Part of our No To Section 60 campaign. Sign our petition in our bio.
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📹 Video by Aphra Evans
📢 Important announcement from the Bristol Cable's @elizmizon 🫡
We did it folks! 💪🎉 The Cable has now raised around 105% of the membership income target we’ve been working towards for a year.
Keep joining so we can give Bristol the proper journalism it deserves!
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At our tenth birthday we asked what you thought about the state of journalism and what the mainstream media might learn? 🎤
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