Manchester

Andy Burnham: 'It’s so hard when people just walk past'
Andy Burnham in a Big Issue tabard with vendor Colin
Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: 'It’s so hard when people just walk past'

The former mayor of Greater Manchester has made a big impression on Big Issue vendors during his time in the city
'I was in a dark place with addiction and sofa surfing. Now I show people Manchester's hidden side'
Nic gives tours od Manchester for Invisible Cities
Travel

'I was in a dark place with addiction and sofa surfing. Now I show people Manchester's hidden side'

The community group who took over a leisure centre to give everyone access to sport and fitness
An older woman working out at BeActive Urmston
Sport

The community group who took over a leisure centre to give everyone access to sport and fitness

Andy Burnham: 'Making space for people to create is how we build a healthier, more hopeful society'
Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: 'Making space for people to create is how we build a healthier, more hopeful society'

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are 'colonising' the UK. Here's the truth
Immigration

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are 'colonising' the UK. Here's the truth

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The stereotype is that homelessness comes from bad choices – but it could happen to anyone
homeless peoples' tents in street
Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead

The stereotype is that homelessness comes from bad choices – but it could happen to anyone

This iconic music venue is helping Manchester's young migrants find their voice
Band on the Wall
Gavin Sharp

This iconic music venue is helping Manchester's young migrants find their voice

Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers
A syringe of naloxone
Drugs

Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers

Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone
police officer uses naloxone
Drugs

Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone

Mental health patients find it 'impossible to get help' amid Manchester care crisis: 'It makes you ill'
Rachel Tulley and Craig Hamilton
Mental health

Mental health patients find it 'impossible to get help' amid Manchester care crisis: 'It makes you ill'

How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
Nature

How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say
NHS workers in Manchester strike
Mental health

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say

Andy Burnham: 'Right to Buy scheme means homelessness will get worse before it gets better'
Andy Burnham
Homelessness

Andy Burnham: 'Right to Buy scheme means homelessness will get worse before it gets better'

Inside the plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester: 'It's time to try something new'
Andy Burnham and Rachel Reeves at Manchester Victoria Station
Universal basic income

Inside the plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester: 'It's time to try something new'

Manchester is hailed as a model for regeneration – but gentrification is leaving people behind
Manchester
Sophie Flinders

Manchester is hailed as a model for regeneration – but gentrification is leaving people behind

This innovative 'village' under Manchester's railway arches helps tackle homelessness
Homelessness

This innovative 'village' under Manchester's railway arches helps tackle homelessness

'Dictators die, the people live on': What Syria's revolution means for those who fled Assad's regime
Syria

'Dictators die, the people live on': What Syria's revolution means for those who fled Assad's regime

Housing First is a success in other countries – so why can't we make it work in the UK?
Housing

Housing First is a success in other countries – so why can't we make it work in the UK?

Manchester City and England football star Chloe Kelly: 'A smile on your face goes a long way'
football player Chloe Kelly
Sport

Manchester City and England football star Chloe Kelly: 'A smile on your face goes a long way'

New Order's Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I'm mad for it
New Order in 1989
Music

New Order's Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I'm mad for it

This football tournament backed by Man City's Pep Guardiola helps homeless people reach their goals
Kyle Walker joins homeless footballers from The Salvation Army for a photo
Homelessness

This football tournament backed by Man City's Pep Guardiola helps homeless people reach their goals

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester's rough sleepers in 'sea change for housing'
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham
Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester's rough sleepers in 'sea change for housing'

Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester's Moss Side
UK riots

Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester's Moss Side

So little has changed since the Manchester Arena bombing. I worry terrorists have the upper hand
Cath Hill

So little has changed since the Manchester Arena bombing. I worry terrorists have the upper hand

Would devolution of the DWP be a better way of delivering benefits and welfare?
A miniature figurine businessman looking down on an information booklet for department for work and pensions
Department for Work and Pensions

Would devolution of the DWP be a better way of delivering benefits and welfare?