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Big Issue founder fears more professionals could fall into homelessness

Lord Bird said it ‘frightens’ him to think of people declining into an ‘underclass’.

The Independent UK

The Crown's Princess Diana and Prince William actors share a laugh as they film new scenes

Elizabeth Debicki and Rufus Kampa, who play Princess Diana and a young Prince William in The Crown, have been spotted sharing a laugh as they film the next series of the Netflix smash

Daily Mirror

Big Issue seller numbers up due to cost-of-living pressures, says founder

There has been a 10 per cent increase in the number of vendors out on the streets

Wales Online

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More people are selling the Big Issue due to cost of living, says its founder

There were 3,642 vendors in 2022 compared to 3,296 the year before, figures from the Big Issue Group show.

Wales Online

Big Issue seller numbers up due to cost-of-living pressures, says founder

Almost 900 people signed up to sell the magazine last year for the first time.

The Independent UK

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Big Issue was pushed to brink by pandemic, says founder

John Bird also calling on government to curb surge in homelessness by preventing eviction of tenants who cannot pay their rent

The Guardian - UK

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Big Issue founder pleads 'save family from homeless fate I suffered as child'

The anti-poverty campaigner's family were turfed out of their home at Christmas in the 1950s - now, seven decades on, history looks set to repeat itself

Daily Mirror

Big Issue founder says Government needs to ‘get off its rear’

Lord Bird said people face slipping into poverty and homelessness.

The Independent UK

‘Huge increase’ in Big Issue vendors needing help during cost-of-living crisis

The organisation renewed its call to the public to support by subscribing or making a contribution through the Big Issue Foundation.

The Independent UK

Scots schoolkid wins competition to design Big Issue's Christmas cover

A YOUNG Scot has won this year’s competition to design the Christmas cover of the Big Issue with his colourful picture of a snowman dressed as…

The National (Scotland)

Free sim cards for Big Issue vendors

Virgin Media O2 has announced it will be working with the Big Issue Group to support all the magazine’s vendors.

The Independent UK

Terminally ill hero selling Big Issue to support his disabled sons when he's gone

Dave Besley survived the Basel air disaster in 1973 and saved seven others from the wreckage

Wales Online

Terminally ill air crash hero selling The Big Issue with his two sons - to help support them when he’s gone

Dave Besley survived the Basel air disaster in 1973

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First Wolverine, now a 'Deadpool' Christmas movie? Ryan Reynolds strikes again

All we want for Christmas is the holiday-themed "Deadpool" film we never knew existed — until now.

Wales Online

Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement could push more people on to the streets, says Big Issue founder

Lord Bird said austerity was too expensive for the country

ABC News

Local says Big Issue vendor barred from Unley Shopping Centre, management disputes claim

A Big Issue vendor who is vision-impaired has been "kicked to the kerb" by an Adelaide shopping centre, according to a community member. But the centre's management says no one has sold there for "years".

The Independent UK

Big Issue vendors offered free eye tests by Specsavers

The optician is also sponsoring the red tabards worn by the magazine’s sellers.

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Big Issue is recruiting vendors so people can get through cost of living crisis

Selling the magazine allows you to earn an income whilst working the hours that work for you

Nottingham Post

Banned Big Issue vendor kept selling in Nottingham to make living

He was struggling to live off £240 of Universal Credit a month

Evening Standard

Suella Braverman accused of faking contribution to law textbook when ‘all she was asked to do was photocopy’

Suella Braverman is accused of embellishing her lawyer’s CV

Daily Mirror

Arctic Monkeys 'gearing up to headline Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage next year'

Arctic Monkeys have reportedly agreed to play the Pyramid Stage at the world-famous Glastonbury Festival for next year

Bristol Post

Watch: Moment yobs damage Big Issue eBike trying to 'hack' it unlocked

An example of why the hire scheme has been stopped

Bristol Post

Bristol's Big Issue bike rental scheme stopped because of 'relentless vandalism'

"We have more e-bikes destroyed in Bristol in one week than in all our facilities combined anywhere else in the world"

Bristol Post

First electric vans to deliver Big Issue to be used in Bristol

"It's good that the company is starting to go greener for the planet"

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