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'This war broke our life': Children left stranded in Ukraine without parents due to UK visa changes
Ulyana Travola alongside her husband and children, who are still in Ukraine
Ukraine war

'This war broke our life': Children left stranded in Ukraine without parents due to UK visa changes

Scottish government ends free bus travel for asylum seekers: 'Disappointing and devastating'
a blue bus in Scotland
Social Justice

Scottish government ends free bus travel for asylum seekers: 'Disappointing and devastating'

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here's how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots
UK riots

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here's how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people's ignorance to the rainforest
Nemonte Nenquimo

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people's ignorance to the rainforest

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them
Conservation

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them

'Sport is transforming my life': Inside the community gym keeping young people from a life of crime
Local residents at the unveiling of the Northumberland Park Street Gym, developed by not-for-profit organisation Raza Sana and funded by Gymbox and Haringey Council
Community

'Sport is transforming my life': Inside the community gym keeping young people from a life of crime

Why Labour is giving us the hostile environment – just with a human face
Dan Davison and Sacha Marten

Why Labour is giving us the hostile environment – just with a human face

NatWest and British Gas join forces to turbocharge efforts to insulate draughty social homes
social homes being worked on with a crane
Environment

NatWest and British Gas join forces to turbocharge efforts to insulate draughty social homes

Vicky McClure: 'Everybody’s lives are important. No matter where you come from'
TV

Vicky McClure: 'Everybody’s lives are important. No matter where you come from'

People in Gaza say they're waiting their turn to be killed – the sense of helplessness is overwhelming
Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike as internally displaced Palestinians sit next to their tents in Khan Younis camp, southern Gaza Strip
Ahmed Najar

People in Gaza say they're waiting their turn to be killed – the sense of helplessness is overwhelming

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 

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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