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Could London follow Paris' Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?
A tourist boat on the River Seine, Paris
Rivers

Could London follow Paris' Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?

Fossil fuel giant BP accused of 'profiting off misery' after announcing staggering earnings
Fossil fuels

Fossil fuel giant BP accused of 'profiting off misery' after announcing staggering earnings

Truro Big Issue vendor raises £1,000 for dog home that helped him get new puppy
Big Issue vendor Nick Cuthbert
Our Vendors

Truro Big Issue vendor raises £1,000 for dog home that helped him get new puppy

'You're basically abandoned': How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18
Care leavers

'You're basically abandoned': How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18

'We have the right to live with dignity': More than 55,000 people march for London Trans+ Pride
London Trans+ Pride
Trans pride

'We have the right to live with dignity': More than 55,000 people march for London Trans+ Pride

What does Britain's £20bn 'black hole' mean for you and your money? Experts explain
Rachel Reeves
Public finances

What does Britain's £20bn 'black hole' mean for you and your money? Experts explain

Inside the Big Issue: Nostalgia and the rebirth of British seaside resorts
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Nostalgia and the rebirth of British seaside resorts

'When I first went inside I wanted to die': What life's like inside a UK women's prison
The silhouette of a women standing in front of prison bars
Prisons

'When I first went inside I wanted to die': What life's like inside a UK women's prison

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home
Adoption

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home

'It was a long, dark night of the soul': What the first 24 hours in prison is really like
prison leavers
Gary Crooks

'It was a long, dark night of the soul': What the first 24 hours in prison is really like

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent
Rishi Sunak
A modest proposal

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent

Half of UK adults don't read for pleasure
Reading

Half of UK adults don't read for pleasure

Letters: I'm an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here's what private school taught me
Letters

Letters: I'm an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here's what private school taught me

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays
Cost of living

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays

Fighting for justice for women in a system that's rigged against them
Justice

Fighting for justice for women in a system that's rigged against them

France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back
Paris Olympics 2024

France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back

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Marc Almond on being the antidote to Thatcher and why he's probably a queer icon after all
English singer Marc Almond in a low-lit photo with a black background
Music

Marc Almond on being the antidote to Thatcher and why he's probably a queer icon after all

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists 'set a terrible example for the rest of the world'
Traffic on the M25 during a Just Stop Oil protest
Climate activism

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists 'set a terrible example for the rest of the world'

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election
Keir Starmer during the 2024 general election campaign
Democracy

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech
The King addresses the House of Lords at the State Opening of Parliament
King's Speech

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech