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Covent Garden's iconic street artists were born from resistance. Now they face an uncertain future
Covent Garden street performers pose together
Melvyn Altwarg and Peter Kolofsky

Covent Garden's iconic street artists were born from resistance. Now they face an uncertain future

My Master Builder review – it's the women who shine in Ewan McGregor's West End return
Kate Fleetwood and Ewan McGregor in My Master Builder.
Theatre

My Master Builder review – it's the women who shine in Ewan McGregor's West End return

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London's streets surges almost 40% in just a year
a man with a suitcase walking past a man sleeping rough
Rough sleeping

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London's streets surges almost 40% in just a year

These activists are putting parking tickets on homeless tents to make an important point
Humans Parked Illegally Vagrancy Act installation showing fake parking fines on a sleeping bag
Rough sleeping

These activists are putting parking tickets on homeless tents to make an important point

I've been priced out of living in London – it shouldn't take extraordinary luck just to live here
social housing resident G15
David Kingsley

I've been priced out of living in London – it shouldn't take extraordinary luck just to live here

London councils face bankruptcy over £330m overspend on homelessness
London Councils' Grace Williams holding up a chart in parliament to demonstrate London homelessness funding
Homelessness

London councils face bankruptcy over £330m overspend on homelessness

London homelessness centre forced to turn young people away due to 'unprecedented demand'
new horizon youth centre, queue of people
Youth homelessness

London homelessness centre forced to turn young people away due to 'unprecedented demand'

Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air, says mother
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah stands with a statue of her daughter, Ella
Air pollution

Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air, says mother

Sex work is 'just another option in London's gig economy', says Sebastian filmmaker Mikko Mäkelä
Film

Sex work is 'just another option in London's gig economy', says Sebastian filmmaker Mikko Mäkelä

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: 'Owning a home is a distant dream'
London skyline
Housing crisis

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: 'Owning a home is a distant dream'

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle
Somerford Grove Renters in Hackney
Renting

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle

Electric van to help charity deliver 50,000 meals to homeless people
Four people stand around an electric van
Homelessness

Electric van to help charity deliver 50,000 meals to homeless people

London's Black Cabs are iconic. But their future is in jeopardy
Many taxi drivers have seen earnings plummet.
Daniel Reast & Sam Pooke

London's Black Cabs are iconic. But their future is in jeopardy

'They had nowhere to go': The story of rough sleepers left outside in London's Covid-19 lockdowns
A homeless man sleeping rough at Trafalgar Square
Homelessness

'They had nowhere to go': The story of rough sleepers left outside in London's Covid-19 lockdowns

Piccadilly Circus was once the 'best display of popular art anywhere in London'. What happened?
10Foot Takeover

Piccadilly Circus was once the 'best display of popular art anywhere in London'. What happened?

The remarkable story of Fare Dodgers' Liberation Front and their fight for free public transport
10Foot Takeover

The remarkable story of Fare Dodgers' Liberation Front and their fight for free public transport

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and 'king of the tube' Bas DDS
10Foot Takeover

Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and 'king of the tube' Bas DDS

BBC's Crongton is a 'celebration of Alex Wheatle's incredible life and powerful stories'
Crongton imagery
TV

BBC's Crongton is a 'celebration of Alex Wheatle's incredible life and powerful stories'

Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his 'disgustingly deep love of London'
10Foot Takeover

Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his 'disgustingly deep love of London'

'Making your mark on your landscape is ancient practice': How tagging became modern folklore
10Foot Takeover

'Making your mark on your landscape is ancient practice': How tagging became modern folklore