Health

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How free eye care helped Big Issue vendor John get back to drawing
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How free eye care helped Big Issue vendor John get back to drawing

Swansea vendor John Williams has sketched since his schooldays, but outdated glasses left his artwork — and daily life — increasingly difficult. Through Specsavers’ partnership with Big Issue, free eye care helped bring his vision, confidence and creativity back into focus
Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Arts

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine

How free eye tests and glasses from Specsavers got Paula baking again
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How free eye tests and glasses from Specsavers got Paula baking again

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The movie-buff vendor and the glasses that changed everything
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The movie-buff vendor and the glasses that changed everything

Winter Paralympics: Costs of competing leaves Paralympians with mountain to climb
sport

Winter Paralympics: Costs of competing leaves Paralympians with mountain to climb

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

The NHS

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Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street
An NHS mural on a pavement
Health

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street

My brother’s final years showed the NHS at its best. If only it were the same for everyone
St Thomas' Hospital
John Bird

My brother’s final years showed the NHS at its best. If only it were the same for everyone

The Brexit campaign kicked off a decade ago. Here’s how 10 promises made to voters hold up today
Vote Leave bus on Brexit campaign
Brexit

The Brexit campaign kicked off a decade ago. Here’s how 10 promises made to voters hold up today

I got a copy of the Beveridge Report for my 80th birthday. Every government minister should read it
John Bird

I got a copy of the Beveridge Report for my 80th birthday. Every government minister should read it

Mental health

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I lost my son to gambling addiction. Now I’m fighting to change the system
Gambling

I lost my son to gambling addiction. Now I’m fighting to change the system

Meet the man tasked with fixing youth unemployment: ‘I see a generation that is trying hard’
Big Issue Recruit's Catherine Parsons interviewing Alan Milburn.
Catherine Parsons

Meet the man tasked with fixing youth unemployment: ‘I see a generation that is trying hard’

I wrote a play about grief and working class men. Now I want blokes from the pub to come and see it
Playwright Joe Mallalieu with his dog
Joe Mallalieu

I wrote a play about grief and working class men. Now I want blokes from the pub to come and see it

Will a social media ban for under-16s make any difference? We must ask young people themselves
Girlguiding Advocate Ellen, aged 17
Ellen

Will a social media ban for under-16s make any difference? We must ask young people themselves