The prison is trying to crack down on prescription drug pregabalin, as inmates either remain addicted or use it as currency. A large number of inmates at HMP Bristol are addicted to prescription drug ...

A report published today by the University of Bristol’s Students’ Union has shown that almost half of the students that responded to a survey had experienced sexual harassment. The ‘No means no’ ...

Bristol became a City of Sanctuary in 2012 — a promise to welcome those fleeing persecution. But has it lived up to that pledge?

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 ...

Image: Painting by Francis Greenway of a mock trial in Newgate Prison, Bristol, 1812, held at the State Library of New South Wales Two hundred years ago, work began on what is now regarded as one of ...

In November 1815 a young farmer from Thornbury, Tom Till, was killed. He was found, a loaded shotgun in his hand, next to a discharged ‘spring gun’ booby trap – enraging the local community. Thus ...

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

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

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 ...

“This is a movement, not a moment” : Watch Solomon OB’s performance of his poem “I SEE” written in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer Bristol based Solomon has been an ...

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