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Joanne Barker-Marsh recently went on her second holiday with her son abroad, something which made her feel both privileged and sad now that his childhood is nearly over. She calls on Andy Burnham to do more to help families in poverty have experiences like this.
Family holidays should be something everyone can afford
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Children's Laureate Patrice Lawrence say issues like homelessness were missing from books as a child, inspiring her to write about them
Patrice Lawrence: 'I never felt seen in the books I read growing up'
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Households can currently lose between £17 and £330 a week in benefit payments when a young person starts an apprenticeship.
Parents on benefits to get £4,500 for their child's apprenticeship
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“Selling the Big Issue saved my life” 📍 Rodney Lyall sells Big Issue outside Grove Post Office, Bournemouth “It helped me to get off the streets and live a productive life. I can’t praise Big Issue enough.” ➡️Read the full interview on our website: www.bigissue.com/vendors/ro...
To celebrate Invisible Cities' 10th anniversary, their tour guides are giving Big Issue an insider's look at the cities they know so well.
Johnny was homeless when he started giving tours around Cardiff
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Invisible Cities is celebrating 10 years of helping homeless people give tours of cities around the world. Nic shows people around Manchester.
Ex-homeless man Nic gives Manchester tours with Invisible Cities
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Soraya Fettih was forced to flee her home near Bordeaux because of the wildfires. She writes of the anger she feels as people lose their homes as the temperatures get hotter while fossil fuel companies make huge profits.
I spent the weekend fleeing wildfires. It makes me feel rage
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Big Issue's shocking report on the energy used by London's data centres has inspired one reader to come up with a way of offsetting it.
'Data centres should be made to provide their own power'
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Big Issue vendor Simon Denis got off the streets with the support from selling the magazine. Now he’s up early with London's commuters.
Big Issue vendor Simon Denis: 'I was sleeping rough for 16 months'
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Google is planning an enormous new data centre, concreting over an important natural habitat and the destruction of a speedway ground.
A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight big tech
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The impact of data centres is a growing concern everywhere, not least the small Scottish village of Auchtertool.
As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicism
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TV presenter, author and cruise ship magician Stephen Mulhern takes us through his recommended books – and only four of them are his own.
Stephen Mulhern: 'I genuinely believe that anything is possible'
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Britain is ill-equipped, both structurally and culturally, to deal with extreme heat. And it's the most vulnerable who will suffer.
'Extreme heat is not just a climate issue. It is a housing crisis too'
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Big Issue vendors reveal their favourite dog walks as we delve into Britain's best routes to take your pet pooch.
Inside Britain's love affair with dog walks
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This week's Big Issue is out today - with an exclusive cover by Philip Colbert!🦞 Fifty signed A3 limited-edition prints of the cover image are available to buy via Jealous Gallery. All proceeds will go toward's Big Issue's mission to end homelessness and poverty – more info below 👀
Big Issue heads to Leeds to find out why the popular Otley Run pub crawl route hides a shocking disparity in lifespans
Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of the Otley Run?
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Children's Laureate Patrice Lawrence say issues like homelessness were missing from books as a child, inspiring her to write about them
Patrice Lawrence: 'I never felt seen in the books I read growing up'
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Invisible Cities is celebrating 10 years of helping homeless people give tours of cities around the world. Nic shows people around Manchester.
Ex-homeless man Nic gives Manchester tours with Invisible Cities
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To celebrate Invisible Cities' 10th anniversary, their tour guides are giving Big Issue an insider's look at the cities they know so well.
Johnny was homeless when he started giving tours around Cardiff
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Big Issue vendor Simon Denis got off the streets with the support from selling the magazine. Now he’s up early with London's commuters.
Big Issue vendor Simon Denis: 'I was sleeping rough for 16 months'
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How are councils really spending Labour's Homelessness Prevention Grant? 👉 Read our investigation for free on Substack: biggestissue.substack.com
TV presenter, author and cruise ship magician Stephen Mulhern takes us through his recommended books – and only four of them are his own.
Stephen Mulhern: 'I genuinely believe that anything is possible'
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Britain is ill-equipped, both structurally and culturally, to deal with extreme heat. And it's the most vulnerable who will suffer.
'Extreme heat is not just a climate issue. It is a housing crisis too'
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New rough sleeping stats in London show a steep fall but thousands remain on the streets as Andy Burnham aims to tackle street homelessness.
New London rough sleeping stats show Andy Burnham's challenge
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It's four years since Russia invaded Ukraine but efforts to address homelessness bring hope, writes Depaul's Mark McGreevy.
The reality in Ukraine is stark. Tackling homelessness brings hope
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Growing up as a wheelchair user, Ruth Madeley never saw anyone like herself on TV. Now The Rapture actor is performing with Hollywood stars.
Ruth Madeley: 'I was written off before I was born'
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Prime minister Andy Burnham has promised fair pay for care workers and a National Care Service. New figures reveal how much carers earn.
National Care Service: Here's how much carers actually earn
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“I would never have dreamed that Big Issue could be as profound as it was. It got me up in the morning.” 📍Simon Denis sells Big Issue outside Pret A Manger, Cheapside, London ➡️Read the full interview: www.bigissue.com/vendors/si... 📸 Molly Harris
Sir Chris Hoy on the inspiration of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, his battle with prostate cancer and the power of cycling and exercise
Chris Hoy: 'I don't want to present myself as having cracked cancer'
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An anti-racism strategy is needed in the UK to address rising racist violence and online hate speech, says Runnymede Trust's Stephen Walcott.
Why Britain needs an anti-racism strategy right now
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