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Meet the woman with a 'radical' solution to water pollution
Lizzie Carr, founder of Planet Patrol, sitting on a paddle board
Water pollution

Meet the woman with a 'radical' solution to water pollution

'If we can fix it, we will': The Fixing Factory, where broken appliances get another chance
Dermot Jones at the Fixing Factory in Camden fixing a toaster and a lamp
The Fixing Factory

'If we can fix it, we will': The Fixing Factory, where broken appliances get another chance

Young disabled people are shut out from housing and forced to live with their parents
disabled people
Disability

Young disabled people are shut out from housing and forced to live with their parents

Migration ‘hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons’. What if a museum could fix that?
migration museum
Activism

Migration ‘hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons’. What if a museum could fix that?

These millionaires want to be taxed more. Here’s why
Dale Vince, Patriotic Millionaires
Activism

These millionaires want to be taxed more. Here’s why

From living in his car to winning Strictly – Hamza Yassin risked everything for mother nature
Hamza Yassin on a walk in Pollok Park
profile

From living in his car to winning Strictly – Hamza Yassin risked everything for mother nature

Mammals have a surprising secret history – forget everything you thought you knew
Illustration of rodent-like mammals
natural history

Mammals have a surprising secret history – forget everything you thought you knew

John McAvoy was one of Britain's most wanted criminals. Now he's an athlete changing the lives of vulnerable young people
John McAvoy/ young people
Sport

John McAvoy was one of Britain's most wanted criminals. Now he's an athlete changing the lives of vulnerable young people

‘Tourism is all-consuming’: How Airbnb’s ethical rival is letting communities decide how much tourism they can take
Holiday lets

‘Tourism is all-consuming’: How Airbnb’s ethical rival is letting communities decide how much tourism they can take

Grenfell System Failure: A rage-inducing inquiry into government buck-passing
Theatre

Grenfell System Failure: A rage-inducing inquiry into government buck-passing

Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem
empty homes, hastings
Activism

Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem

This food bank with a DJ is helping London's homeless and vulnerable
food bank
Cost of living crisis

This food bank with a DJ is helping London's homeless and vulnerable

Here are the supermarket staples at risk from climate change
woman standing in front of empty shelves at the endangered aisle pop up
Climate Crisis

Here are the supermarket staples at risk from climate change

What's it like living in rural Scotland during the cost of living crisis?
rural communities/ cost of living
Cost of living crisis

What's it like living in rural Scotland during the cost of living crisis?

Are we doomed to repeat the cost of living crisis? This archive film shows how little has changed in the UK
cost of living archive film
Cost of living crisis

Are we doomed to repeat the cost of living crisis? This archive film shows how little has changed in the UK

'£3.3billion for them. Debt and starvation for me': Vulnerable customers on British Gas's record profits
British Gas
British Gas

'£3.3billion for them. Debt and starvation for me': Vulnerable customers on British Gas's record profits

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Meet the young, care-experienced theatre-makers breaking stereotypes
Belongings - a play that aims to challenge stigma faced by young people in care. Care Day
foster care

Meet the young, care-experienced theatre-makers breaking stereotypes

'Nothing fills that void': 10 years since Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died from air pollution
A school photo of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. She was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death.
Air Pollution

'Nothing fills that void': 10 years since Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died from air pollution

Britain on strike: Have we reached boiling point?
Strike action

Britain on strike: Have we reached boiling point?

Sophie from Romania: How a nervous little dog stole the internet's heart
Animal welfare

Sophie from Romania: How a nervous little dog stole the internet's heart

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