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Why local council elections are so important
local council elections
Politics

Why local council elections are so important

Big Issue vendor Jade wants to get back on her pitch and start her transition
Despite her fear that people who are transphobic might read her story, Big Issue vendor Jade wants other people to know they are not alone.
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Big Issue vendor Jade wants to get back on her pitch and start her transition

‘He’s a cool guy’: Stormzy greets Big Issue vendor in London on his return
Stormzy Big Issue
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‘He’s a cool guy’: Stormzy greets Big Issue vendor in London on his return

Household debt ‘kicked down the road’ by Covid support, warns charity
Two people look at bills and use a calculator as they struggle with debt
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Household debt ‘kicked down the road’ by Covid support, warns charity

How Britain's battered high street is affecting Big Issue sellers
Big Issue vendors worry what the future of the high street means for them as they return this week. Image credit: Adrian S Pye / Geograph
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How Britain's battered high street is affecting Big Issue sellers

‘System in crisis’ as ministers fail to fight food waste and poverty
Only 60 UK businesses reported their food waste figures publicly in 2020.
Environment

‘System in crisis’ as ministers fail to fight food waste and poverty

British Gas engineers face mass sacking in fire and rehire row
fire and rehire British Gas strike
Employment

British Gas engineers face mass sacking in fire and rehire row

Vagrancy Act to be scrapped ‘at a pace’, says minister
Housing

Vagrancy Act to be scrapped ‘at a pace’, says minister

Town criers, tears and Stormzy: Big Issue vendors on their return
Will Herbert, 61, gets back to his Budgens Upper Street pitch in London.
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Town criers, tears and Stormzy: Big Issue vendors on their return

Here's how The Big Issue has supported vendors as they return on April 12
Vendors of The Big Issue mark the return of the magazine being sold, by meeting at St Martins in the Fields on Trafalgar Square, where the first-ever edition of the magazine was officially launched nearly 30 years ago. Image credit: David Parry/PA Wire
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Here's how The Big Issue has supported vendors as they return on April 12

What happens next following Prince Philip’s death?
Prince Philip funeral
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What happens next following Prince Philip’s death?

Stuart Lawrence: ‘I wouldn’t want to be a police officer'
Stuart Lawrence
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Stuart Lawrence: ‘I wouldn’t want to be a police officer'

Big Issue vendor Clive: 'I’ve missed the positivity from my customers'
Theatre Royal Plymouth vendor Clive
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Big Issue vendor Clive: 'I’ve missed the positivity from my customers'

'Can't wait': Big Issue sellers return to the streets after lockdown
Big Issue vendors in England and Wales will be back on April 12.
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'Can't wait': Big Issue sellers return to the streets after lockdown

Here's how you can get started with your own woodwork project
Woodwork expert Rob Lovett explains how to get started when building a shed. Illustration: Matthew Brazier
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Here's how you can get started with your own woodwork project

Prince Philip: 70 years of service
Prince Philip married then-Princess Elizabeth in 1947
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Prince Philip: 70 years of service

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Prince Philip: A life of quotes from the controversial consort
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Prince Philip: A life of quotes from the controversial consort

Prince Philip has died at the age of 99, Buckingham Palace announces
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Prince Philip has died at the age of 99, Buckingham Palace announces

This is how you can fight plastic pollution in the UK's biggest beach clean
More than half of Brits think plastic pollution has grown during the Covid-19 crisis
Environment

This is how you can fight plastic pollution in the UK's biggest beach clean

Are British people in Spain facing deportation following the Brexit deadline?
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Are British people in Spain facing deportation following the Brexit deadline?

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