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I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
Greta Chambers-McMillan

I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature

Inside the UK’s first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths
Drugs

Inside the UK’s first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths

Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn’t want to be a ‘robotic, asexual drone’
TV

Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn’t want to be a ‘robotic, asexual drone’

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the ‘protest paramedics’
Activism

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the ‘protest paramedics’

Are you doomscrolling on TikTok for hours on end? Here’s how to stop the social media brain rot
Social media

Are you doomscrolling on TikTok for hours on end? Here’s how to stop the social media brain rot

Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father’s agony in missing person story: ‘I hope it makes people think’
Emmerdale

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father’s agony in missing person story: ‘I hope it makes people think’

‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans
NHS

‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans

I’ve been a carer for my mum since I was eight. This is what I wish people knew about kids like me
Young carers

I’ve been a carer for my mum since I was eight. This is what I wish people knew about kids like me

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded
Nature

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded

How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight
John Bird

How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be ‘soul destroying’ for struggling families
Energy bills

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be ‘soul destroying’ for struggling families

Zarah Sultana would ‘absolutely’ return to Labour after suspension: ‘It has to be a broad church’
Exclusive

Zarah Sultana would ‘absolutely’ return to Labour after suspension: ‘It has to be a broad church’

My daughter died after waiting hours for an ambulance. We need to save the NHS
Mike Phillips

My daughter died after waiting hours for an ambulance. We need to save the NHS

Hunger is a political choice. How do we end it in 2025?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith

Hunger is a political choice. How do we end it in 2025?

Millions of Brits face higher energy bills as price cap rises – again: ‘We need long-term solutions’
Energy bills

Millions of Brits face higher energy bills as price cap rises – again: ‘We need long-term solutions’

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This year has offered children glimmers of hope – but 2025 must see tangible change
Lynn Perry

This year has offered children glimmers of hope – but 2025 must see tangible change

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025
Tommy Jessop, Aaron Plummer and Sas Granville

‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025

Disabled people were celebrated in 2024 – so why are so many fearing 2025?
Richard Kramer

Disabled people were celebrated in 2024 – so why are so many fearing 2025?