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Refugee wonders if it would be better to 'stay in Yemen and die' than go through UK asylum system
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Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Refugee wonders if it would be better to 'stay in Yemen and die' than go through UK asylum system

'I urinated myself in the opticians': UK's public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like 'prisoners'
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Public toilets

'I urinated myself in the opticians': UK's public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like 'prisoners'

Shock £300k bill from bankrupt council threatens Woking's only grassroots music venue
Live band on stage at Fiery Bird grassroots music venue, part of the Phoenix Cultural Centre in Woking - Big Issue Venue Watch
Venue Watch

Shock £300k bill from bankrupt council threatens Woking's only grassroots music venue

'We haven't done enough': Why arenas need to step up and support grassroots music venues
A band onstage at a grassroots music venue
Venue Watch

'We haven't done enough': Why arenas need to step up and support grassroots music venues

Ex-hostage Sir Terry Waite on Hamas victims and how captivity shaped his empathy for homeless people
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Ex-hostage Sir Terry Waite on Hamas victims and how captivity shaped his empathy for homeless people

Building careers from U2 to Self Esteem, The Horn is a haven for 'people a little bit outside normal'
Rebecca ‘Self Esteem’ Taylor playing with her previous band Slow Club at the Horn, St Albans - a much-loved grassroots music venue
Venue Watch

Building careers from U2 to Self Esteem, The Horn is a haven for 'people a little bit outside normal'

Food bank says people are turning to sex work and taking out dangerous loans due to cost of living
earlsfield food bank
Cost of living crisis

Food bank says people are turning to sex work and taking out dangerous loans due to cost of living

Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home
The people of Balsall Heath in Birmingham have come together to battle energy bill and the climate crisis
Climate crisis

Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home

Disabled nurse 'feels guilty being alive' as her family struggles with devastating cost of living
Laura Smith and family
Cost of living crisis

Disabled nurse 'feels guilty being alive' as her family struggles with devastating cost of living

'Fireworks sound like war': Ex-RAF member with PTSD warns of bonfire night's impact on veterans
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Veterans

'Fireworks sound like war': Ex-RAF member with PTSD warns of bonfire night's impact on veterans

Cost of living: Man says he eats less and feels like a 'failure' due to benefits not covering essentials
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Cost of living crisis

Cost of living: Man says he eats less and feels like a 'failure' due to benefits not covering essentials

Young woman says she 'unravelled' when cost of living meant she couldn't keep herself clean
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Cost of living crisis

Young woman says she 'unravelled' when cost of living meant she couldn't keep herself clean

From prison to cakes: The bakery changing the lives of London's most disadvantaged women
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Barriers to work

From prison to cakes: The bakery changing the lives of London's most disadvantaged women

Adoptees share the 'extreme emotional challenge' of meeting birth parents decades after adoption
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Adoption

Adoptees share the 'extreme emotional challenge' of meeting birth parents decades after adoption

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: 'I was scared'
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Cost of living crisis

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: 'I was scared'

Woman became homeless after fleeing domestic abuse. Nobody helped when she slept on streets
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Domestic abuse

Woman became homeless after fleeing domestic abuse. Nobody helped when she slept on streets

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Women who are sleeping rough are often hidden. It's a much bigger problem than anyone thinks
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Homelessness

Women who are sleeping rough are often hidden. It's a much bigger problem than anyone thinks

Remarkable way Terry Pratchett's lost stories were found by fans: 'A million-to-one-chance'
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Books

Remarkable way Terry Pratchett's lost stories were found by fans: 'A million-to-one-chance'

Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it's genius
Fitting measures like solar panels can be monetised using carbon credits
Environment

Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it's genius

The Felix Project: How one charity is tackling food waste and hunger in London – and offering hope
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Cost of living crisis

The Felix Project: How one charity is tackling food waste and hunger in London – and offering hope