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In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Khaula Jamil

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods

Islamic Relief worked with photographer Khaula Jamil to reveal the realities of the lives of farmers devastated by flood in Pakistan

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’
Housing

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’

Residents across eight blocks of flats in East London spent the sweltering May heatwave not knowing if water would come up out of their taps. Their ordeal continues

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis
Artificial Intelligence

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis

London’s 99 data centres consume about 760MW at peak demand, equivalent to three quarters of a million houses – and demand is surging

How can I support England at World Cup 2026 when people who want me deported have claimed the flag?
World Cup

How can I support England at World Cup 2026 when people who want me deported have claimed the flag?

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn
Homelessness

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn

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Green Hustle Festival showed our system is broken but hope grows in the gaps left in communities
Adam Pickering

Green Hustle Festival showed our system is broken but hope grows in the gaps left in communities

The rise in antisemitic attacks is racism. It isn’t complicated
Sam Delaney

The rise in antisemitic attacks is racism. It isn’t complicated

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?
Debunked

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?

Chucky spent eight years in and out of homelessness. Now he’s training to keep bees
Bees

Chucky spent eight years in and out of homelessness. Now he’s training to keep bees

Two million apprenticeships could transform Britain’s left-behind towns – if they’re done right
Nicola Stokes

Two million apprenticeships could transform Britain’s left-behind towns – if they’re done right

Wind farms and 35 Glastonburys: How else could you spend BP’s £2.4 billion quarterly profit?
A modest proposal

Wind farms and 35 Glastonburys: How else could you spend BP’s £2.4 billion quarterly profit?

‘I’m a wheelchair user. I was trapped up to my neck in flood water’
Flooding

‘I’m a wheelchair user. I was trapped up to my neck in flood water’

Inside the Big Issue: Attenborough at 100
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Attenborough at 100

Cornwall is reinventing its mining past to take on China. But can lithium deliver a return to glory?
Earth Day

Cornwall is reinventing its mining past to take on China. But can lithium deliver a return to glory?

Inside the Big Issue: Our Earth Day special!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Our Earth Day special!

How Heart n Soul makes change: ‘It’s about not underestimating the potential of anybody’
Social Justice

How Heart n Soul makes change: ‘It’s about not underestimating the potential of anybody’

The buildings our communities love are burning. We can’t keep losing them
Heritage

The buildings our communities love are burning. We can’t keep losing them

Inside the Big Issue: The hidden heartbeat of the nation
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The hidden heartbeat of the nation

Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’
Changemakers

Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’

Together Alliance march: We’re marching against far-right to fight for climate and racial justice
Asad Rehman

Together Alliance march: We’re marching against far-right to fight for climate and racial justice

Striking photos show Israeli and Palestinian mothers walking barefoot through Rome to call for peace
Gaza

Striking photos show Israeli and Palestinian mothers walking barefoot through Rome to call for peace

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Thousands of people are protesting against rising water bills. Here’s what happens if you don’t pay
water

Thousands of people are protesting against rising water bills. Here’s what happens if you don’t pay

Birmingham bin workers’ strike, one year on: Inside the forgotten neighbourhoods lined with rubbish
Employment

Birmingham bin workers’ strike, one year on: Inside the forgotten neighbourhoods lined with rubbish

Meet the community group taking on ‘absentee landlords’ to put empty building in hands of artists
Activism

Meet the community group taking on ‘absentee landlords’ to put empty building in hands of artists

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: ‘I hate living this way’
Water

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: ‘I hate living this way’