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Heatwaves hit Big Issue vendors' sales: 'Selling in the hot weather can be the worst time'
Jason Sallis, who sells the Big Issue in Moorgate, has been struggling in the heat. Photo credit: Louise Haywood-Schiefer
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Heatwaves hit Big Issue vendors' sales: 'Selling in the hot weather can be the worst time'

Sales have fallen as much as 30% in some region as vendors' earnings and wellbeing suffers
Farewell to much-loved Wimbledon 'local landmark' and Big Issue vendor Jane Burns
Wimbledon Big Issue vendor Jane Burns
In memoriam

Farewell to much-loved Wimbledon 'local landmark' and Big Issue vendor Jane Burns

Remembering Jimmy Cricket, and the song he wrote for Big Issue
Steven MacKenzie

Remembering Jimmy Cricket, and the song he wrote for Big Issue

'Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid'
Letters

'Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid'

Tails, trails and treats: Inside the nation’s love affair with the dog walk
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Tails, trails and treats: Inside the nation’s love affair with the dog walk

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'I ended up on the streets for about 16 months. I wasn’t bedding down, I was taking buses at night'
London Big Issue vendor Simon Denis
Housing

'I ended up on the streets for about 16 months. I wasn’t bedding down, I was taking buses at night'

Andy Burnham: 'It’s so hard when people just walk past'
Andy Burnham in a Big Issue tabard with vendor Colin
Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: 'It’s so hard when people just walk past'

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic flat fire: 'He was one of the kindest'
Liam Harmer 1397 Karl Baker
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Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic flat fire: 'He was one of the kindest'

Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar
Big Issue vendor Ian Duff stands with a magazine on Union Street in Bath.
News

Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar

‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together
Big Issue vendors Andy Sanguy and Ian Duff with their dogs Lucky Charm and Trigger
Life

‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together

'Governments understand there's a problem with poverty – they're just too scared to solve it'
prime minister Keir Starmer with chancellor Rachel Reeves
Letters

'Governments understand there's a problem with poverty – they're just too scared to solve it'

Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: 'Reading is the world'
Big Issue vendor Andre Rostant
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Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: 'Reading is the world'

Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: 'I’d be lost without her'
Big Issue vendor Ian Duff and dog Trigger outside parliament
Housing

Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: 'I’d be lost without her'

Letters: It's easy to blame social media for our ills. It's up to us to use it as a force for good
an illustration representing social media
Letters

Letters: It's easy to blame social media for our ills. It's up to us to use it as a force for good

How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives
Steven MacKenzie

How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives

Inside the Big Issue: Vendors and their dogs head to parliament
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Vendors and their dogs head to parliament

How free eye care helped Big Issue vendor John get back to drawing
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How free eye care helped Big Issue vendor John get back to drawing

'He saved my life': Big Issue vendor Clive, his dog Geezer and the fear every pet owner knows
Portrait of Big Issue vendor Clive Rowe holding his dog Geezer. Both are facing the camera outdoors in bright sunlight, with Geezer looking upwards.
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'He saved my life': Big Issue vendor Clive, his dog Geezer and the fear every pet owner knows

Two-thirds of adults predict kids today will be worse off than their parents
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Two-thirds of adults predict kids today will be worse off than their parents

Letters: Big Issue's Changemakers showed that in dark times it's important to have hope
Letters

Letters: Big Issue's Changemakers showed that in dark times it's important to have hope

Big Issue brand hits milestone of putting £200 million in vendors’ pockets worldwide
Vendor Grant Elder previously sold the Australian Big Issue in Canberra, Australia, and now sells the British Big Issue in Edinburgh. Credit: Juliette Pedram for Big Issue
Behind the scenes

Big Issue brand hits milestone of putting £200 million in vendors’ pockets worldwide

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What do the government's vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?
Vet bills

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

I'm turning 80. My birthday wish? Take the Big Issue when you buy
John Bird

I'm turning 80. My birthday wish? Take the Big Issue when you buy

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’
Floral tributes and messages have been left on 'Paul's bench' in Summertown, Oxford
Our Vendors

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention
John Bird

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention