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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
James O’Malley

UNCOVERED: Fully connected how digital access is transforming the lives of big issue vendors - The Untold Story

The Big Issue  Vendor James Allerton in Ilkeston, Derbyshire in collaboration with giffgaff
Big Issue vendor James Allerton in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Photograph: Exposure Photo Agency Ltd

When James Allerton used to check his sugar levels in the street, passers-by sometimes thought he was injecting drugs. Once, somebody even phoned the police.

“I had to tell them, look in my bag – that’s a diabetic monitor,” Allerton says.

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