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Behind the till with Olivia Colman at Choose Love's refugee awareness pop-up shop
From left: Dawn O'Porter, Lily James, Pearl Mackie, Olivia Colman, Dermot O'Leary and Jamie Dornan wearing choose love t-shirts
Choose Love

Behind the till with Olivia Colman at Choose Love's refugee awareness pop-up shop

Why we should all get to know a sheep 
Lambs with their mother
Farming

Why we should all get to know a sheep 

'This Victorian-era law isn't fit for purpose': Is abortion finally going to be decriminalised?
A protester holds a 'My body, my choice' placard.
Abortion

'This Victorian-era law isn't fit for purpose': Is abortion finally going to be decriminalised?

I found out I had HIV when I was pregnant. But in 2023, stigma is more harmful than the virus
World AIDS Day

I found out I had HIV when I was pregnant. But in 2023, stigma is more harmful than the virus

Letters: Minimum wage is meaningless without a defined maximum wage
£50 notes in a wallet
Letters

Letters: Minimum wage is meaningless without a defined maximum wage

This orchestra is giving dementia sufferers something to sing about: 'Music changes lives'
Two people dance in front of a small orchestra in a church
Dementia

This orchestra is giving dementia sufferers something to sing about: 'Music changes lives'

Letters: Big Pharma will always put profits before ethics
Letters

Letters: Big Pharma will always put profits before ethics

Workaways: How to travel the world without spending a penny
people constructing a timber frame
The future of travel

Workaways: How to travel the world without spending a penny

Black Friday's capitalist roots actually stretch back 3.4 million years. No, seriously
Black friday: illustration of the ascent of man
Black Friday

Black Friday's capitalist roots actually stretch back 3.4 million years. No, seriously

Meet the 'Queenagers' breathing life into the travel industry: 'You've got to go for it'
A woman poses beside pyramids
the future of travel

Meet the 'Queenagers' breathing life into the travel industry: 'You've got to go for it'

Wagamama launches cooking classes at female prison to give inmates 'a second chance'
wagamama helping prisoners
Prisons

Wagamama launches cooking classes at female prison to give inmates 'a second chance'

Letters: Why do people think Tories are good for the UK economy? God alone knows
Letters

Letters: Why do people think Tories are good for the UK economy? God alone knows

Debunking credit score myths: Can I be blacklisted? 
an illustration of a woman checking her Credit Score
Sponsored post

Debunking credit score myths: Can I be blacklisted? 

Spain gives menstrual leave to workers with 'disabling periods' – why can't UK?
Women in a bathroom sharing menstrual products
Menstrual health

Spain gives menstrual leave to workers with 'disabling periods' – why can't UK?

Malnutrition impacts half a million and costs the NHS billions. UK government needs to 'wake up'
Reception area in an NHS hospital
Malnutrition

Malnutrition impacts half a million and costs the NHS billions. UK government needs to 'wake up'

Letters: Universal Credit leaves people living on the precipice of homelessness
universal credit
Letters

Letters: Universal Credit leaves people living on the precipice of homelessness

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink
People sitting in a classroom listening to musicians
the future of travel

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink

Letters: Big Issue vendor is a 'bright light in these dark days'
Vendor Rebeca Stan
Letters

Letters: Big Issue vendor is a 'bright light in these dark days'

4 easy ways to get free accommodation while travelling the world
The future of travel

4 easy ways to get free accommodation while travelling the world

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station
Trains Up North
Transport

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station

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