environment and community

'A national scandal': Thames Water secures £3bn bailout after 'disgraceful' court ruling
Thames Water

'A national scandal': Thames Water secures £3bn bailout after 'disgraceful' court ruling

UK will be at war by next election, says ex-Army Lib Dem MP – and will need conscription
Lib Dem MP for Tunbridge Wells, Mike Martin
Defence

UK will be at war by next election, says ex-Army Lib Dem MP – and will need conscription

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness Day

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money

It's Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him
Random Acts of Kindness

It's Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him

Sam Kerr's arrest highlights the white supremacy, racism and misogyny of British policing 
Amanda Porter

Sam Kerr's arrest highlights the white supremacy, racism and misogyny of British policing 

Clara Amfo: 'You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you'
Presenter and broadcaster Clara Amfo
Film

Clara Amfo: 'You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you'

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Refugees

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees

Our history is way queerer than you think – here's why that matters
Justin Bengry

Our history is way queerer than you think – here's why that matters

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the 'pain and hope' of women in prison
Art

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the 'pain and hope' of women in prison

This is the 'most thoughtful and inspiring' food project celebrity chef Levi Roots has ever seen
Levi Roots cuts the ribbon to launch the INI Food and Wellbeing Centre. To his right is Sistah Stella Headley and to his left is Jean-Michel Grand, the chief executive of Action Against Hunger UK.
Food poverty

This is the 'most thoughtful and inspiring' food project celebrity chef Levi Roots has ever seen

'Love alone doesn't pay the bills': Kinship carers plea for financial support amid surging poverty
Kinship carers stage protest in Westminster to call for vital financial support
Kinship care

'Love alone doesn't pay the bills': Kinship carers plea for financial support amid surging poverty

Labour's new rules on small boat crossings leave campaigners 'appalled and disappointed'
Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate
Immigration

Labour's new rules on small boat crossings leave campaigners 'appalled and disappointed'

Labour's raids on illegal migrant workers no cause for celebration: 'An utterly pointless performance'
Police holding crowds back from the Home Office vehicle.
Immigration

Labour's raids on illegal migrant workers no cause for celebration: 'An utterly pointless performance'

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is harrowing – but we all need to listen. Here's why
Paul McNamee

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry is harrowing – but we all need to listen. Here's why

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like 'failures in love'
Love

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like 'failures in love'

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Inside the Iranian film that a brave cast and crew risked everything for
Film

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Inside the Iranian film that a brave cast and crew risked everything for

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'They united the public in opposition to hatred': What have we learned six months on from UK riots?
UK riots

'They united the public in opposition to hatred': What have we learned six months on from UK riots?

Chief Scout Dwayne Fields on empowering Britain's youth – and why kids are coping better than we think
Community

Chief Scout Dwayne Fields on empowering Britain's youth – and why kids are coping better than we think

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills
Environment secretary Ed Miliband
Energy bills

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills

Why you should never underestimate the spirit of towns left behind by industry
Robin Ince

Why you should never underestimate the spirit of towns left behind by industry