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'We are heartbroken': Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives
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Community

'We are heartbroken': Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives

Sarah Everard: How many more women will be killed before crimes are taken seriously?
Sarah Everard vigil
Amy Bowdrey

Sarah Everard: How many more women will be killed before crimes are taken seriously?

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs
beats bus
Community activism

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs

Social media and closure of youth 'safe spaces' could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns
Youth centres

Social media and closure of youth 'safe spaces' could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I'm lucky to have made it out alive
modern slavery
Modern slavery

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I'm lucky to have made it out alive

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was 'going to end up dead'
Justice system

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was 'going to end up dead'

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis
Shopping

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis

Dougray Scott: 'Working-class anger comes in waves'
Dougray Scott supports Scottish independence
interview

Dougray Scott: 'Working-class anger comes in waves'

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett
Cold case: a neon-light question mark
recommended

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett

Thousands of people across the UK attend vigils to honour Brianna Ghey
A crowd of people gather in Sheffield at the vigil of murdered trans teen Brianna Ghey
Brianna Ghey

Thousands of people across the UK attend vigils to honour Brianna Ghey

The reality is to change things, you need to get involved
Oil rigs
John Bird

The reality is to change things, you need to get involved

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
illustration of handcuffed prisoner in a forest
Books

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

Top 5 crime books of 2022, chosen by Mark Edwards
Woman at dark window
Top 5 books

Top 5 crime books of 2022, chosen by Mark Edwards

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
Auschwitz Block 10
Book reviews

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch 'after he filmed a stop and search'
Met Police

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch 'after he filmed a stop and search'

Vigil to honour life of Zara Aleena to be held this weekend
An image of Zara Aleena
Violence against women

Vigil to honour life of Zara Aleena to be held this weekend

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws
vagrancy act
Rough sleeping

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws

Member of banned neo-Nazi terror group National Action jailed for three years
National Action
News

Member of banned neo-Nazi terror group National Action jailed for three years

Here's the truth about lie detectors
Life

Here's the truth about lie detectors

Women's groups threaten Priti Patel with legal action over 'inadequate' Sarah Everard inquiry
Activism

Women's groups threaten Priti Patel with legal action over 'inadequate' Sarah Everard inquiry

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