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Sleeping rough, visits from Princess Diana and an amazing love story: The life of a Chelsea Big Issue seller
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Sleeping rough, visits from Princess Diana and an amazing love story: The life of a Chelsea Big Issue seller

How our partnership with Zettle by PayPal is keeping vendors ahead of the cashless revolution this Christmas
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How our partnership with Zettle by PayPal is keeping vendors ahead of the cashless revolution this Christmas

Here’s how we’re working with O2 to offer free mobile data to all our vendors
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Here’s how we’re working with O2 to offer free mobile data to all our vendors

Terminally ill man with weeks to live starts selling The Big Issue to support his two sons when he’s gone
Big Issue vendor Dave Besley with sons Shane and Mark
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Terminally ill man with weeks to live starts selling The Big Issue to support his two sons when he’s gone

Why our Citroën electric vans are a bright light for vendors
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Why our Citroën electric vans are a bright light for vendors

Lord Bird: 'Give Big Issue sellers a fighting chance this Christmas'
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Lord Bird: 'Give Big Issue sellers a fighting chance this Christmas'

‘We change lives through better vision’ – Specsavers offers free eyecare and glasses to Big Issue vendors
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‘We change lives through better vision’ – Specsavers offers free eyecare and glasses to Big Issue vendors

More and more Big Issue vendors are now taking contactless payments – and it's really working
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More and more Big Issue vendors are now taking contactless payments – and it's really working

Jodie Whittaker helps out a Big Issue vendor by signing copies of Doctor Who magazines
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Jodie Whittaker helps out a Big Issue vendor by signing copies of Doctor Who magazines

This former Big Issue vendor has opened a shop to help disadvantaged young people access sport
Big Issue vendor Ricky Gleeson
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This former Big Issue vendor has opened a shop to help disadvantaged young people access sport

This Big Issue vendor is writing a Dungeons & Dragons-inspired sci-fi novel
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This Big Issue vendor is writing a Dungeons & Dragons-inspired sci-fi novel

A Big Issue vendor is doing a marathon on a space hopper after missing out on London Marathon spot
Big Issue vendor Lee Welham
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A Big Issue vendor is doing a marathon on a space hopper after missing out on London Marathon spot

'It's changed the way we sell the magazine'
Big Issue vendor Hugh Palmer makes a cashless sale
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'It's changed the way we sell the magazine'

The day Big Issue vendor Karl Grierson sold the magazine to King Charles
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The day Big Issue vendor Karl Grierson sold the magazine to King Charles

Big Issue vendor Will Herbert: ‘The day I saw the Queen made me proud to be British’
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Big Issue vendor Will Herbert: ‘The day I saw the Queen made me proud to be British’

Big Issue vendors send their condolences to royal family on news of Queen's death
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Big Issue vendors send their condolences to royal family on news of Queen's death

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Community rallies around Big Issue seller after he loses everything in wildfire
Big Issue vendor Steve Corbett and dog Blueberry
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Community rallies around Big Issue seller after he loses everything in wildfire

Going green: how Big Issue’s new EV vans will help vendors and the planet
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Going green: how Big Issue’s new EV vans will help vendors and the planet

Driving change for good – for Big Issue vendors, staff and the planet
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Driving change for good – for Big Issue vendors, staff and the planet

‘Michael was everything you want in a vendor and a friend’: Big Issue mourns seller Michael Crean
Big Issue vendor Michael Crean
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‘Michael was everything you want in a vendor and a friend’: Big Issue mourns seller Michael Crean

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