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Lord Bird appeals for public support for Big Issue vendors through pandemic

The pandemic has hit Big issue sellers hard, as lockdowns, restrictions, and plans to work from home take many customers off the street.

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Top stories of 2021

Food banks, Kill the Bill and Doctor Who: The Big Issue’s most-read stories of 2021

2021 was quite the year. Check out the most popular stories on The Big Issue website from the last 12 months.

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Top stories of 2021

Protest, predictions and COP26: The Big Issue’s top news stories of 2021

This was the year The Big Issue expanded its news coverage, aiming to shine a light on the causes of poverty and homelessness, not just its solutions.

‘There’s no one out here’: Big Issue sellers plead for support as streets empty ahead of Christmas

The Big Issue eBikes scheme set to launch

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Meet the people selling street papers around the world

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Big Issue launches media training scheme for young people from underrepresented backgrounds

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The Big Issue in 30 moments: The ’10s and beyond

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The Big Issue in 30 moments: The ’00s

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How The Big Issue became an A-level set text

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The Big Issue at 30: Our story in numbers

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The Big Issue at 30: What it means to stars of screen, politics and music

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The Big Issue in 30 moments: The ’90s

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The Big Issue is turning 30 but our work is far from done

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The Big Issue to launch new employment programme for young journalists

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The Big Issue wins four industry awards for Covid response

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Big Issue nominated for 5 industry awards for Covid response

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After 30 years, The Big Issue’s job has only just begun

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Street Cat Bob and bullshit jobs: The Big Issue’s most-read articles of 2020

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Experience the choices of homelessness in The Big Issue’s interactive fiction

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The Big Issue wins Magazine of the Year and Best Covid Response

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Creators of The Gruffalo present an exclusive cover for The Big Issue

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Melanie Panayiotou, friend of Big Issue, sister of George Michael, dies at 59

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The Big Issue’s new way to sell: All your questions answered

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The Big Issue is launching a new way to sell

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Big Issue vendor goes viral after pet Chihuahua Fifi is stolen

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Cover creator Coldwar Steve to sell The Big Issue in Birmingham

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Goldblum, Frankincense and Myrrh: It’s party time, The Big Issue style!

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We’ve got a new look! Pick up our redesigned Big Issue on the streets now

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Our iconic Remembrance Day cover is featured in Ian Birch’s ‘Uncovered’

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We had 2017 covered – your biggest issues of the last year

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James Bowen and Big Issue vendors welcomed into Parliament

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