Alex Turner
@alex-captain.bsky.social
Freelance journalist and editor. Tired parent. Introvert. Like learning.
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Tips: alex.turner@tutamail.com
Portfolio: authory.com/AlexTurner
🔍 How did Bristol City Council end up spending thousands a month to house homeless ppl in properties belonging to a rogue landlord it had put time, effort & money into getting banned just a couple of years earlier?
Great to work with @daisysteinhardt.bsky.social on reporting this👇🏼
Great to work with @daisysteinhardt.bsky.social on reporting this👇🏼
🔴 Bristol Council Paying to Rent Homes from Banned Landlord. New from me and @alex-captain.bsky.social: the latest update in the Naomi Knapp saga. We’ve been working on this for several months, please give it a read. Published in @thebristolcable.bsky.social. thebristolcable.org/2025/05/bris...
Bristol council paying to rent homes from banned landlord
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 h...
thebristolcable.org
May 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🔍 How did Bristol City Council end up spending thousands a month to house homeless ppl in properties belonging to a rogue landlord it had put time, effort & money into getting banned just a couple of years earlier?
Great to work with @daisysteinhardt.bsky.social on reporting this👇🏼
Great to work with @daisysteinhardt.bsky.social on reporting this👇🏼
A year ago I met two men at an employment tribunal in Bristol, which found they had been constructively dismissed.
They were adamant they had a bigger story: that their union & its solicitors were failing to support members through race discrimination claims 👇🏼
thebristolcable.org/2025/05/how-...
They were adamant they had a bigger story: that their union & its solicitors were failing to support members through race discrimination claims 👇🏼
thebristolcable.org/2025/05/how-...
How two Bristol men revealed a union's race discrimination failures
A Unison race discrimination inquiry has found 'compelling evidence' the union failed to support members facing discrimination at work.
thebristolcable.org
May 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A year ago I met two men at an employment tribunal in Bristol, which found they had been constructively dismissed.
They were adamant they had a bigger story: that their union & its solicitors were failing to support members through race discrimination claims 👇🏼
thebristolcable.org/2025/05/how-...
They were adamant they had a bigger story: that their union & its solicitors were failing to support members through race discrimination claims 👇🏼
thebristolcable.org/2025/05/how-...
Reposted by Alex Turner
Journalists in Victorian Bristol didn't do investigative reporting until James Crosby - "Gentleman James" - decided to have a go. thebristolcable.org/2025/03/how-...
How a 19th century journalist shone on a light on poverty in Bristol
Homes of the Bristol Poor was one of the first pieces of investigative journalism revealed the poverty of much of the population
thebristolcable.org
March 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Journalists in Victorian Bristol didn't do investigative reporting until James Crosby - "Gentleman James" - decided to have a go. thebristolcable.org/2025/03/how-...
Reposted by Alex Turner
Big day for me - my first article with @thebristolcable.bsky.social on self swab rape kits at Bristol uni from a company called Enough. I’m hoping it will help to quell the misinformation and show users the limitations, ultimately helping survivors of rape.
thebristolcable.org/2025/01/self...
thebristolcable.org/2025/01/self...
Self-swab test kits: do they help rape & sexual violence survivors?
Thousands of self-swab rape test kits have been distributed across Bristol. Are they helping survivors of sexual violence get justice?
thebristolcable.org
January 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Big day for me - my first article with @thebristolcable.bsky.social on self swab rape kits at Bristol uni from a company called Enough. I’m hoping it will help to quell the misinformation and show users the limitations, ultimately helping survivors of rape.
thebristolcable.org/2025/01/self...
thebristolcable.org/2025/01/self...
Reposted by Alex Turner
📦 Our first starter pack! Fed up with clickbaity local news sites? Here's a list of independent locals doing it differently:
December 11, 2024 at 11:53 AM
📦 Our first starter pack! Fed up with clickbaity local news sites? Here's a list of independent locals doing it differently:
Was bit stunned by the flooding on the Avon near me last week – and pretty queasy thinking about what was floating down it.
In this new piece for @thebristolcable.bsky.social, Becca Blease argues that it’s high time to formally recognise the rights of the river thebristolcable.org/2024/12/rece...
In this new piece for @thebristolcable.bsky.social, Becca Blease argues that it’s high time to formally recognise the rights of the river thebristolcable.org/2024/12/rece...
December 4, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Was bit stunned by the flooding on the Avon near me last week – and pretty queasy thinking about what was floating down it.
In this new piece for @thebristolcable.bsky.social, Becca Blease argues that it’s high time to formally recognise the rights of the river thebristolcable.org/2024/12/rece...
In this new piece for @thebristolcable.bsky.social, Becca Blease argues that it’s high time to formally recognise the rights of the river thebristolcable.org/2024/12/rece...
Great to be taking a hands-on role with new series of Bristol Unpacked – new ep out, Neil Maggs & Barton Hill Activity Club's Samira Musse on…
🚘 the liveable neighbourhood controversy
🏛️ how authorities fail when speaking to ppl
🚸 vital role of youth services
thebristolcable.org/2024/12/list...
🚘 the liveable neighbourhood controversy
🏛️ how authorities fail when speaking to ppl
🚸 vital role of youth services
thebristolcable.org/2024/12/list...
Bristol Unpacked: Samira Musse on youth services & people power
Neil Maggs and Samira Musse discuss how people in power can work better with communities, and the crucial impact youth services can have.
thebristolcable.org
December 2, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Great to be taking a hands-on role with new series of Bristol Unpacked – new ep out, Neil Maggs & Barton Hill Activity Club's Samira Musse on…
🚘 the liveable neighbourhood controversy
🏛️ how authorities fail when speaking to ppl
🚸 vital role of youth services
thebristolcable.org/2024/12/list...
🚘 the liveable neighbourhood controversy
🏛️ how authorities fail when speaking to ppl
🚸 vital role of youth services
thebristolcable.org/2024/12/list...
New from me for @thebristolcable.bsky.social – with the council facing major ongoing blowback over its first 'liveable neighbourhood' not far from where I'm writing this, has it learned lessons as it plans a much bigger scheme south of the river?
thebristolcable.org/2024/11/live...
thebristolcable.org/2024/11/live...
Liveable neighbourhoods: how will Bristol's second scheme work?
The council is consulting on 'liveable neighbourhoods' to make south Bristol easier for pedestrians and cyclists. What do residents think?
thebristolcable.org
November 29, 2024 at 4:51 PM
New from me for @thebristolcable.bsky.social – with the council facing major ongoing blowback over its first 'liveable neighbourhood' not far from where I'm writing this, has it learned lessons as it plans a much bigger scheme south of the river?
thebristolcable.org/2024/11/live...
thebristolcable.org/2024/11/live...
Here goes then out into the new place
November 29, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Here goes then out into the new place