Life

'It’s amazing that something that’s so focused on animals can make you feel so human'
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'It’s amazing that something that’s so focused on animals can make you feel so human'

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, firefighter, Big Issue Ambassador and adviser to the Prince of Wales at his Homewards initiative, explains why she is supporting StreetVet on their mission to provide free, accessible and often essential veterinary care for the pets of people experiencing homelessness.
Letters: 'Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa'
Letters

Letters: 'Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa'

Challenging the stigma of social housing
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Challenging the stigma of social housing

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Why Wates are the perfect partners for the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
Two children riding pink scooters along a paved path in a newly built housing development, with two adults walking behind them and modern brick homes and green spaces on either side.
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Why Wates are the perfect partners for the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn't a permanent home be better?
Letters

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn't a permanent home be better?

New Buy Now, Pay Later rules could protect you from debt traps. But what are the risks?
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BNPL

New Buy Now, Pay Later rules could protect you from debt traps. But what are the risks?

Doomscrolling 'steals our joy', a new study warns. Here's how to fight back
Technology

Doomscrolling 'steals our joy', a new study warns. Here's how to fight back

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers
Letters

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers

Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses
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Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses

Have dinner parties always been smug?
Society

Have dinner parties always been smug?

A plan for equitable eye care was promised years ago. Why are we waiting?
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A plan for equitable eye care was promised years ago. Why are we waiting?

Letters: Our obsession with positivity is exhausting! Why is grief still such a taboo?
Letters

Letters: Our obsession with positivity is exhausting! Why is grief still such a taboo?

Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own
Science

Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own

What do the government's vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?
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What do the government's vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money
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Money

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money

Animal Friends Insurance launches new charity mission to support animals
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Animal Friends Insurance launches new charity mission to support animals

Letters: Every homeless person wants a better life
Letters

Letters: Every homeless person wants a better life

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
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Credit

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score

Letters: Grok isn't the problem. Men are the problem
Letters

Letters: Grok isn't the problem. Men are the problem

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma
Intersex

I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma

How marmalade spread across the world
Food

How marmalade spread across the world

Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let's make it a kinder place 
Letters

Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let's make it a kinder place 

'You do not need eight hours': Sleep expert The Sleep Geek shares top tips for getting better kip
Health

'You do not need eight hours': Sleep expert The Sleep Geek shares top tips for getting better kip