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Inside the Big Issue: 40 years on from the miners’ strike
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 40 years on from the miners’ strike

In this week’s issue, we look at coal mining, talk to André Rieu, bring back the Kids Cover Competition and more!

Aberdeen vendor shares fears over M&S closure with local MP: “She’s in our corner”
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Aberdeen vendor shares fears over M&S closure with local MP: “She’s in our corner”

Kirsty Blackman MP met with vendor Pamela Milac to hear more about the challenges facing people living on low incomes in Aberdeen

It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him
Random Acts of Kindness

It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him

Kindness should be a way of life, says our man in Cardiff, Stuart Drucker

Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: ‘Take my concerns to Westminster’
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Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: ‘Take my concerns to Westminster’

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
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Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP

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Inside the Big Issue: Meet Dwayne Fields, the new UK Chief Scout on a mission
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Inside the Big Issue: Meet Dwayne Fields, the new UK Chief Scout on a mission

‘It’s surreal’: Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition
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‘It’s surreal’: Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition

As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue
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As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trust issues
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trust issues

‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57
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‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
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Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
Letters

Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen

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

Inside the Big Issue: Delivering hope. Merry Christmas
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Inside the Big Issue: Delivering hope. Merry Christmas

Much-loved Big Issue vendor given wooden hut at Christmas market: ‘He’s part of the family’
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Much-loved Big Issue vendor given wooden hut at Christmas market: ‘He’s part of the family’

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home
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The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home

Sanditon star Rose Williams helps Big Issue with Christmas deliveries: ‘A pleasure and a privilege’
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Sanditon star Rose Williams helps Big Issue with Christmas deliveries: ‘A pleasure and a privilege’

Dogs that have transformed the lives of Big Issue vendors: “Our bond is not like anything else”
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Dogs that have transformed the lives of Big Issue vendors: “Our bond is not like anything else”

Inside the Big Issue: Santa Paws is coming to town
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Inside the Big Issue: Santa Paws is coming to town

Inside this issue: Wham!’s Last Christmas turns 40
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Inside this issue: Wham!’s Last Christmas turns 40

Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways
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Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways

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Inside the Big Issue: Fearless Chris McCausland
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Inside the Big Issue: Fearless Chris McCausland

This Big Issue vendor is donating his earnings to charity for Remembrance Day: ‘Please buy a magazine’
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This Big Issue vendor is donating his earnings to charity for Remembrance Day: ‘Please buy a magazine’

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Paddington
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Paddington

Inside the Big Issue: How we can fix the housing crisis
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Inside the Big Issue: How we can fix the housing crisis