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Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means
A baby beaver swimming in the water
Rewilding

Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means

Brazil wants to tax the world's wealthiest 3,000 people. Here's how that money could change the world
Cost of living crisis protest, Enough is enough, UK protest
A Modest Proposal

Brazil wants to tax the world's wealthiest 3,000 people. Here's how that money could change the world

Inside the Big Issue: After the riots
Inside Big Issue
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: After the riots

Letters: I'm not a Labour voter – but Keir Starmer is worse than I expected
Letters

Letters: I'm not a Labour voter – but Keir Starmer is worse than I expected

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who's to blame
Climate change

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who's to blame

From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 
Music

From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
UK riots

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots
UK riots

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and 'scared to go out' in wake of UK riots
Our vendors

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and 'scared to go out' in wake of UK riots

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars
Stock image shows tent on a street in London
Homelessness

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars

1984: The Year Pop Went Queer by Ian Wade review – a celebration of gay visibility in music
Books

1984: The Year Pop Went Queer by Ian Wade review – a celebration of gay visibility in music

We protect migrants and their rights – now we're being targeted by the far-right
Youngster throws missile at far-right riot In Rotherham
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

We protect migrants and their rights – now we're being targeted by the far-right

Enough with 'legitimate concerns'. There's a much better way to talk about immigration
Sunder Katwala

Enough with 'legitimate concerns'. There's a much better way to talk about immigration

Citizens Advice staff vow to keep helping people after office destroyed in far-right riots
Composite image shows the Sunderland branch of Citizens Advice with a broken window, while the exterior is burnt by a fire
UK riots

Citizens Advice staff vow to keep helping people after office destroyed in far-right riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
UK riots: A police riot van burns at a far-right riot in Southport
UK riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots
Stock image showing a person reaching for a book in a library
Libraries

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How to help asylum seekers and refugees after riots across UK
anti-racist
Asylum seekers

How to help asylum seekers and refugees after riots across UK

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves
Transport

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she's creating 'science you can dance to'
Environment

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she's creating 'science you can dance to'

Sea, a paddle and an ice cream on the prom: Celebrating the golden age of the great British seaside
British summer

Sea, a paddle and an ice cream on the prom: Celebrating the golden age of the great British seaside

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