Investigation
The inside story of nitazenes and the drug deaths crisis rocking Britain: ‘No one is talking about it’
The inside story of nitazenes and the drug deaths crisis rocking Britain: ‘No one is talking about it’
Across the UK, a deadly new drug has been linked to 284 fatalities. In Birmingham alone, it killed 21 people last summer. Yet few outside the city noticed. Big Issue investigates a shocking and hidden tragedy
Inside the Big Issue: The street deaths crisis no one wants to see
Inside the Big Issue: The street deaths crisis no one wants to see
Nitazenes, a type of synthetic opioid which can be up to 500 times stronger than heroin, have been linked to at least 284 deaths in the UK since June 2023
Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for ‘gentrification’
Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for ‘gentrification’
Residents from the Uplands estate in Runcorn are up in arms over plans to regenerate their estate, which they fear would mean fewer houses than currently exist. The Big Issue went to meet them
Women feel ‘violated and traumatised’ by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them
Women feel ‘violated and traumatised’ by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them
‘We’re living in a nightmare’: Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost ‘all sense of safety’ in UK
‘We’re living in a nightmare’: Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost ‘all sense of safety’ in UK
Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett
Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett
Here’s what you get if you ask airlines what they can do about the climate crisis
Here’s what you get if you ask airlines what they can do about the climate crisis
Holiday lets outnumber homes to rent by 100 to 1 in UK’s staycation hotspots
Holiday lets outnumber homes to rent by 100 to 1 in UK’s staycation hotspots
Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing
