Crime

Cuts on our children’s faces from knife crime are undeniably caused by cuts to youth services
Bruce Houlder

Cuts on our children’s faces from knife crime are undeniably caused by cuts to youth services

Cuts are rarely the answer, but investment must be, where the stakes are as high as they are here

‘No two prisoners are the same’: 6 ways we can break the UK prison system’s cycle of failure
Sid Madge

‘No two prisoners are the same’: 6 ways we can break the UK prison system’s cycle of failure

No two prisoners are the same. Each individual comes into the system with their own unique set of challenges and experiences

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens
Crime

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens

The Big Issue shadowed police officers in Camden and Islington, where there has been success in tackling cuckooing – the practice of taking over someone’s home for exploitation. The trick is that they haven’t done it alone

Trans Brits feel like a ‘constant target’ in wake of Brianna Ghey’s murder: ‘Trans kids deserve better’
LGBTQ+ rights

Trans Brits feel like a ‘constant target’ in wake of Brianna Ghey’s murder: ‘Trans kids deserve better’

No Grenfell Tower criminal charges for ‘at least’ 12-18 months, Met Police say
Grenfell Tower

No Grenfell Tower criminal charges for ‘at least’ 12-18 months, Met Police say

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‘A little bit of paradise’: Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire
Housing

‘A little bit of paradise’: Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here’s how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots
UK riots

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here’s how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight
Ian Acheson

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight

Back to Black actor Eddie Marsan: ‘There aren’t any no-go areas in Tower Hamlets’
London

Back to Black actor Eddie Marsan: ‘There aren’t any no-go areas in Tower Hamlets’

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say
Benefit fraud

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say

‘We are heartbroken’: Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives
Community

‘We are heartbroken’: Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives

Sarah Everard: How many more women will be killed before crimes are taken seriously?
Amy Bowdrey

Sarah Everard: How many more women will be killed before crimes are taken seriously?

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs
Community activism

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive
Modern slavery

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was ‘going to end up dead’
Justice system

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was ‘going to end up dead’

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis
Shopping

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis

Dougray Scott: ‘Working-class anger comes in waves’
interview

Dougray Scott: ‘Working-class anger comes in waves’

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett
recommended

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett

Thousands of people across the UK attend vigils to honour Brianna Ghey
Brianna Ghey

Thousands of people across the UK attend vigils to honour Brianna Ghey

The reality is to change things, you need to get involved
Opinion

The reality is to change things, you need to get involved

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
Books

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

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The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
Book reviews

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch ‘after he filmed a stop and search’
Met Police

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch ‘after he filmed a stop and search’

Vigil to honour life of Zara Aleena to be held this weekend
Violence against women

Vigil to honour life of Zara Aleena to be held this weekend

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws
Rough sleeping

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws