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Sir Chris Hoy: ‘If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug’
Sport

Sir Chris Hoy: ‘If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug’

Despite his cancer diagnosis, Sir Chris Hoy is still an unstoppable force – now he’s raising the profile of the Commonwealth Games as they return to Glasgow

Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar
News

Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar

With outdoor workers at a 60% higher risk of skin cancer, new British sun protection brand DIC is supplying sunscreen for Big Issue’s Summer Support Kits

PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment
Behind the scenes

PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment

Bob Sheppard has sold the Big Issue for 30 years. Now, after a difficult battle with prostate cancer, we’re helping him prepare for retirement

Lobular breast cancer patients like me deserve better. Will Wes Streeting finally help us?
Kate Ford

Lobular breast cancer patients like me deserve better. Will Wes Streeting finally help us?

Revealed: 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour’s benefit cuts
Disability benefits

Revealed: 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour’s benefit cuts

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Cancer is even more deadly when you’re homeless. This innovative new project aims to change that
Homelessness

Cancer is even more deadly when you’re homeless. This innovative new project aims to change that

Writer and comedian Mark Steel: ‘Doing my car tax was more stressful than having cancer’
Letter to my younger self

Writer and comedian Mark Steel: ‘Doing my car tax was more stressful than having cancer’

How dance is helping women heal after being diagnosed with cancer
Emily Jenkins

How dance is helping women heal after being diagnosed with cancer

Man fighting incurable cancer has his wheelchair stolen: ‘It’s very disappointing’
Cancer

Man fighting incurable cancer has his wheelchair stolen: ‘It’s very disappointing’

Leukaemia and other blood cancer treatments are a postcode lottery in the UK – this has to change
Fiona Hazell

Leukaemia and other blood cancer treatments are a postcode lottery in the UK – this has to change

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: ‘You’ve got to hear their voices’
Women's health

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: ‘You’ve got to hear their voices’

‘It’s like a death sentence when I’m not guilty’: How the UK is failing women in prison with cancer
Prisons

‘It’s like a death sentence when I’m not guilty’: How the UK is failing women in prison with cancer

Our health system is failing both men and women – but it’s gender equity we need, not equality
Dr Zac Seidler

Our health system is failing both men and women – but it’s gender equity we need, not equality

I’m a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty
Statutory Sick Pay

I’m a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty

Assisted dying: The right to die shouldn’t only be for the rich. But could legalising it harm the poor?
Assisted dying

Assisted dying: The right to die shouldn’t only be for the rich. But could legalising it harm the poor?

Risk of dying from cancer much higher in poorer areas of England, shameful study shows
Poverty

Risk of dying from cancer much higher in poorer areas of England, shameful study shows

Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: ‘I kept it very low key’
Exclusive

Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: ‘I kept it very low key’

Tributes paid to social investment pioneer and valued member of the Big Issue family James Fairweather
In memory

Tributes paid to social investment pioneer and valued member of the Big Issue family James Fairweather

‘His first thought was to help others’: Tributes to former Big Issue Invest CEO as he faces cancer diagnosis
Big Issue

‘His first thought was to help others’: Tributes to former Big Issue Invest CEO as he faces cancer diagnosis

‘I’ve had the worst diagnosis. Now I want to raise awareness of brain cancer’
Health

‘I’ve had the worst diagnosis. Now I want to raise awareness of brain cancer’

Greg Wise: ‘Strictly is not really about dancing. It’s about being alive’
Strictly Come Dancing

Greg Wise: ‘Strictly is not really about dancing. It’s about being alive’

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Will we ever get a cure for cancer?
Health

Will we ever get a cure for cancer?