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From busy beavers to gentle bison: Why you should go rewilding in the country this summer
Rewilding

From busy beavers to gentle bison: Why you should go rewilding in the country this summer

This summer, take a trip to your nearest rewilding project to improve your health and see some cute animals
Letters: What is being done to the people of Palestine IS the crime
Letters

Letters: What is being done to the people of Palestine IS the crime

Next stop, Wrexham! Why you should holiday in Britain's least-loved places
Tourism

Next stop, Wrexham! Why you should holiday in Britain's least-loved places

Why electric cars aren't as scary as you think – a beginner's guide to the Citroën ë-Berlingo
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Why electric cars aren't as scary as you think – a beginner's guide to the Citroën ë-Berlingo

Letters: A two-tier society has never worked – even at the height of this nation's power
Letters

Letters: A two-tier society has never worked – even at the height of this nation's power

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
30 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Kids eat free

30 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays

DWP payment dates in July 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
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Benefits

DWP payment dates in July 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

Mental health patients find it 'impossible to get help' amid Manchester care crisis: 'It makes you ill'
Rachel Tulley and Craig Hamilton
Mental health

Mental health patients find it 'impossible to get help' amid Manchester care crisis: 'It makes you ill'

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour's 10-year plan really save it?
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NHS

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour's 10-year plan really save it?

Letters: None of what Labour is doing is perfect – but it's better than what went before
Labour prime minister Keir Starmer
Letters

Letters: None of what Labour is doing is perfect – but it's better than what went before

'I'm seen as trouble for wearing a tracksuit': Young people share why they wear the clothes they wear
Onside Takeover

'I'm seen as trouble for wearing a tracksuit': Young people share why they wear the clothes they wear

School in its traditional form didn't work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself
Chloe Jones

School in its traditional form didn't work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself

From being understood to the price of Dr Pepper: Young people share their biggest issues
Onside Takeover

From being understood to the price of Dr Pepper: Young people share their biggest issues

I'm 17 years old. Here's how playing bowls has changed my life
Onside Takeover

I'm 17 years old. Here's how playing bowls has changed my life

I was a class clown and didn't care what happened to me. Joining a youth club changed everything
Onside Takeover

I was a class clown and didn't care what happened to me. Joining a youth club changed everything

What happens when Big Issue vendors get smartphone access? Lives transform
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What happens when Big Issue vendors get smartphone access? Lives transform

TikTok entrepreneur Simon Squibb: 'Money won't make you happy – but it gives you choices'
OnSide Takeover

TikTok entrepreneur Simon Squibb: 'Money won't make you happy – but it gives you choices'

Letters: We abandoned our kids when we allowed youth clubs to close
Letters

Letters: We abandoned our kids when we allowed youth clubs to close

MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: 'We are right to give people a choice'
Kim Leadbeater in the House of Commons
Assisted dying

MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: 'We are right to give people a choice'

We ignore 'forgotten' diseases like leprosy at our peril
Diseases

We ignore 'forgotten' diseases like leprosy at our peril

Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves
Letters

Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Financial inequality: Understanding the gender gap in money matters – and how to close it
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Gender pay gap

Financial inequality: Understanding the gender gap in money matters – and how to close it

Kinship carers need financial support. Instead, we're just left to get on with it
Kinship care

Kinship carers need financial support. Instead, we're just left to get on with it

The NHS is the 'big winner' from Reeves' spending review – but there will be 'difficult trade-offs'
Spending Review

The NHS is the 'big winner' from Reeves' spending review – but there will be 'difficult trade-offs'

Sound advice: why ear health matters – and how easy it is to check yours
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Sound advice: why ear health matters – and how easy it is to check yours

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