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Can humans create venom?
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Can humans create venom?

Captain Sir Tom Moore: Charity challenge launched in lockdown hero’s memory
Captain Sir Tom Moore
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Captain Sir Tom Moore: Charity challenge launched in lockdown hero’s memory

Big Issue seller Michael Costello: 'I’ve been weathering this Covid business'
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Big Issue seller Michael Costello: 'I’ve been weathering this Covid business'

How Duolingo sparked a language revolution
Duolingo co-founder Luis von Ahn
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How Duolingo sparked a language revolution

How to play video games on a budget
Dave Campion om cheap video games
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How to play video games on a budget

Fact/Fiction: Do 74,000 kids have ‘long Covid’?
Do 74,000 children have ‘long Covid’? Illustration: Miles Cole
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Fact/Fiction: Do 74,000 kids have ‘long Covid’?

‘Loudly Crying’ is now the most popular emoji on Twitter (no joke) ????
The Loudly Crying Face emoji knocked Face with Tears of Joy off the top spot of emojis for the first time ever
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‘Loudly Crying’ is now the most popular emoji on Twitter (no joke) ????

DWP gives work coaches more resources to help the homeless
Housing

DWP gives work coaches more resources to help the homeless

Viral Glasgow food queue photo inspires Bowie charity single
Glasgow soup kitchen queue
Activism

Viral Glasgow food queue photo inspires Bowie charity single

From Piers Morgan to Volkswagen: Your April Fools Day round-up
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From Piers Morgan to Volkswagen: Your April Fools Day round-up

More than 300,000 children register for free school meals in Covid chaos
Brown paper bags lined up. The Government has refused to extend free school meals into half term
Social Justice

More than 300,000 children register for free school meals in Covid chaos

LGBTQ+ homelessness: ‘It’s upsetting there aren’t more places for me’
LGBTQ+ homelessness
Housing

LGBTQ+ homelessness: ‘It’s upsetting there aren’t more places for me’

Met police yet to reckon with institutional racism, says Stuart Lawrence
Stuart Lawrence
Social Justice

Met police yet to reckon with institutional racism, says Stuart Lawrence

Pay renters’ £300m debts or risk spending more on homelessness, MPs warn
rent debt
Housing

Pay renters’ £300m debts or risk spending more on homelessness, MPs warn

Number of families hit by benefit cap more than doubled during pandemic
The benefit cap was affecting 180,000 households by November 2020
Social Justice

Number of families hit by benefit cap more than doubled during pandemic

Green jobs cut by nearly 34,000 despite Boris Johnson’s 2050 pledge
Nearly 34,000 green jobs were lost between 2014 and 2019
Employment

Green jobs cut by nearly 34,000 despite Boris Johnson’s 2050 pledge

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Prisoners turn critics to review TV shows and films during Penned Up Festival
Small Axe was reviewed during Penned Up
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Prisoners turn critics to review TV shows and films during Penned Up Festival

Youth unemployment crisis will cost UK economy £7bn warns think tank
youth unemployment
Employment

Youth unemployment crisis will cost UK economy £7bn warns think tank

Prisoners pick the books to get you through lockdown
books are good for prisoners' wellbeing
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Prisoners pick the books to get you through lockdown

Benefits stigma decreased after pandemic support measures
People on legacy benefits are being pushed into poverty
Social Justice

Benefits stigma decreased after pandemic support measures

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