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Comedian Suzi Ruffell: 'Laughter is a wonderful thing. It helps us see each other's humanity'
Suzi Ruffell at the Spread a Smile Comedy evening at the Comedy Store in 2025. Image: Suzan Angela Moore
Christmas

Comedian Suzi Ruffell: 'Laughter is a wonderful thing. It helps us see each other's humanity'

Comedian Suzi Ruffell is joining 430 volunteers to help charity Spread a Smile pack festive hampers full of gifts for seriously ill children and their siblings
The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour's 10-year plan really save it?
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NHS

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour's 10-year plan really save it?

Christmas is a punishing time if you work in the NHS. It's pushing staff to the edge
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Claire Goodwin-Fee

Christmas is a punishing time if you work in the NHS. It's pushing staff to the edge

'I want to get out': The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals
Learning Disability Week 2024

'I want to get out': The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals

My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out
Disabilities

My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Thousands of people in England live with undiagnosed HIV. Here's how we find them
Reception area in an NHS hospital
Richard Angell

Thousands of people in England live with undiagnosed HIV. Here's how we find them

'He begged mummy to take him home': Autistic man 'abused' while being kept in mental hospital for six years
Mental Health Act

'He begged mummy to take him home': Autistic man 'abused' while being kept in mental hospital for six years

Check out these amazing Christmas houses decorated for charity
Christmas

Check out these amazing Christmas houses decorated for charity

MPs launch inquiry into NHS staffing crisis
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Employment

MPs launch inquiry into NHS staffing crisis