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King of the thrill Harlan Coben: 'America used to seem cool – now it's gone berserk'
Letter To My Younger Self

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: 'America used to seem cool – now it's gone berserk'

I couldn't find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own
Books

I couldn't find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own

I'm a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
Greta, a white woman and wheelchair user, sits in the middle of a green forest on location during filming for A World Beneath Us. It is Bumpy, cool, warm, trees, plants, insects, staggering, quiet, light, dark (shade), tan, green, brown.
Greta Chambers-McMillan

I'm a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature

Inside the UK's first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths
a handful of syringed in packets on top of a blue face covering
Drugs

Inside the UK's first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths

Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn't want to be a 'robotic, asexual drone'
Ella Maisy Purvis in the role of Patience Evans in Channel 4 drama Patience. IN this picture she is sitting on the floor in the Police Records office where she works...
TV

Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn't want to be a 'robotic, asexual drone'

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'
Activism

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'

Are you doomscrolling on TikTok for hours on end? Here's how to stop the social media brain rot
Social media

Are you doomscrolling on TikTok for hours on end? Here's how to stop the social media brain rot

Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025
DWP secretary Liz Kendall on the left and Keir Starmer on the right chatting with pensioners
Department for Work and Pensions

Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father's agony in missing person story: 'I hope it makes people think'
Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon Dingle, in Emmerdale. Image: ITV
Emmerdale

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father's agony in missing person story: 'I hope it makes people think'

'I have patients in pain waiting years': Healthcare workers 'cautious' about Labour's NHS plans
nhs workers protesting
NHS

'I have patients in pain waiting years': Healthcare workers 'cautious' about Labour's NHS plans

Letters: I'm a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
disability benefits/ disabled people
Letters

Letters: I'm a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen

I've been a carer for my mum since I was eight. This is what I wish people knew about kids like me
Young carers

I've been a carer for my mum since I was eight. This is what I wish people knew about kids like me

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded
Nature

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded

How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight
John Bird

How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be 'soul destroying' for struggling families
person sat on bed in dark room worrying
Energy bills

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be 'soul destroying' for struggling families

Zarah Sultana would 'absolutely' return to Labour after suspension: 'It has to be a broad church'
MP Zarah Sultana
Exclusive

Zarah Sultana would 'absolutely' return to Labour after suspension: 'It has to be a broad church'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
My daughter died after waiting hours for an ambulance. We need to save the NHS
Mike Phillips

My daughter died after waiting hours for an ambulance. We need to save the NHS

Hunger is a political choice. How do we end it in 2025?
child in a refugee camp
Dr Regina Murphy Keith

Hunger is a political choice. How do we end it in 2025?

Millions of Brits face higher energy bills as price cap rises – again: 'We need long-term solutions'
energy bills
Energy bills

Millions of Brits face higher energy bills as price cap rises – again: 'We need long-term solutions'

How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?
food banks
Sabine Goodwin

How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?