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'This is definitely a pinch-me moment': Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025 react to being honoured
Changemakers

'This is definitely a pinch-me moment': Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025 react to being honoured

Inside the Big Issue: Meet Dwayne Fields, the new UK Chief Scout on a mission
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Meet Dwayne Fields, the new UK Chief Scout on a mission

Overtourism: How to be a responsible tourist
Sustainable travel

Overtourism: How to be a responsible tourist

I didn't know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?
slavery still exists in the modern world poster
Modern slavery

I didn't know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?

This council is turning to the private sector to fix Britain's draughty homes and reach net zero
Housing

This council is turning to the private sector to fix Britain's draughty homes and reach net zero

The Brutalist director Brady Corbet: 'This film will, unfortunately, never not be relevant'
Film

The Brutalist director Brady Corbet: 'This film will, unfortunately, never not be relevant'

Why Rachel Reeves' reservoir plans are 'far from a solution to UK's water challenges'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Water

Why Rachel Reeves' reservoir plans are 'far from a solution to UK's water challenges'

Rosebank oilfield approval ruled unlawful – here's why it's an 'incredible victory' for the planet
Environment

Rosebank oilfield approval ruled unlawful – here's why it's an 'incredible victory' for the planet

The sewage crisis is your fault: How water firms use same deceptive tactics as Big Oil and Big Tobacco
sewage
Sewage crisis

The sewage crisis is your fault: How water firms use same deceptive tactics as Big Oil and Big Tobacco

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over 'bats and newts'
a bat
Nature

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over 'bats and newts'

'Dystopian': Rachel Reeves backs third Heathrow runway. What will it mean for the planet?
Climate crisis

'Dystopian': Rachel Reeves backs third Heathrow runway. What will it mean for the planet?

Independent venues are the backbone of the live music scene – we must look after them
Sybil Bell

Independent venues are the backbone of the live music scene – we must look after them

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family
ballet shoes cast
Theatre

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family

Plea to save UK's grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: 'We'll all be poorer for it'
Images of musicians performing live in Hot Box, Chelmsford
Grassroots music venues

Plea to save UK's grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: 'We'll all be poorer for it'

Letters: We are in an existential planetary emergency!
Letters

Letters: We are in an existential planetary emergency!

Inside the Big Issue: Top 100 Changemakers of 2025
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Top 100 Changemakers of 2025

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Politics and activism
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Politics and activism

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