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Privately-educated athletes 'significantly over-represented' among Team GB's Olympic heroes
Stock image of a person competing in equestrian events
Paris Olympics 2024

Privately-educated athletes 'significantly over-represented' among Team GB's Olympic heroes

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave
houses
Heatwave

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who's to blame
Climate change

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who's to blame

Building homes in right places will be 'more important than landlords' to fixing UK's rental crisis
View of terraced houses in Bath
Housing

Building homes in right places will be 'more important than landlords' to fixing UK's rental crisis

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants' lives, study finds
Stock photo of children to illustrate story on two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants' lives, study finds

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
UK riots: A police riot van burns at a far-right riot in Southport
UK riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

DWP mistakenly accuses disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments
michelle burns and her husband james jolley
Benefits

DWP mistakenly accuses disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots
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Libraries

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots

Fund invests over £800k to improve accessibility, youth empowerment and mental health support for LGBTQ+ people
L to R: Kalda co-founder Daniel Botcherby, Ultra Education co-founder Julian Hall, Patchwork co-founder Beth Kume-Holland
Press Release

Fund invests over £800k to improve accessibility, youth empowerment and mental health support for LGBTQ+ people

'Football is a force for good': Homeless World Cup gets backing from FIFA
Fifa executives Youri Djorkaeff, Gianni Infantino and Arsene Wenger meet Homeless World Cup president Mel Young
Homeless World Cup

'Football is a force for good': Homeless World Cup gets backing from FIFA

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution
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Benefits

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?
bank of england
Bank of England

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?

'An act of desperation': GPs vote for industrial action for the first time in 60 years
Employment

'An act of desperation': GPs vote for industrial action for the first time in 60 years

Social housing, Elizabeth Line and an old dairy farm in race to be Britain's best new building
Brutalist Park Hill estate in Sheffield
Architecture

Social housing, Elizabeth Line and an old dairy farm in race to be Britain's best new building

'Time to show you're serious': Rough sleeping in London up 29% amid urgent calls for action
A couple rough sleeping under a blanket in London
Rough sleeping

'Time to show you're serious': Rough sleeping in London up 29% amid urgent calls for action

Shocking art project spotlights 'insidious' anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture
Poster of a homeless person pierced by spkes designed to deter rough sleepers, known as hostile architecture
Homelessness

Shocking art project spotlights 'insidious' anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Truro Big Issue vendor raises £1,000 for dog home that helped him get new puppy
Big Issue vendor Nick Cuthbert
Our Vendors

Truro Big Issue vendor raises £1,000 for dog home that helped him get new puppy

GPs threaten to bring 'NHS to a standstill' with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal
NHS

GPs threaten to bring 'NHS to a standstill' with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal

'It doesn't have to be this way': More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year
baby bank
Baby banks

'It doesn't have to be this way': More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year

Inside the Big Issue: Nostalgia and the rebirth of British seaside resorts
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Nostalgia and the rebirth of British seaside resorts

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