Health

80 years on from the Beveridge Report, this is Britain's new safety net
William Beveridge
Welfare state

80 years on from the Beveridge Report, this is Britain's new safety net

'We are understaffed, undervalued and underpaid': Nurses vote on first national strike over pay
nurses strike
HEALTH

'We are understaffed, undervalued and underpaid': Nurses vote on first national strike over pay

Head trauma: The dark shadow looming at the heart of contact sport
illustration of a rugby ball
Books

Head trauma: The dark shadow looming at the heart of contact sport

Obesity, food poverty and the big changes coming to supermarkets 
Food illustration
Food

Obesity, food poverty and the big changes coming to supermarkets 

'His first thought was to help others': Tributes to former Big Issue Invest CEO as he faces cancer diagnosis
James Fairweather is fighting to raise funds for brain cancer research as he faces the disease himself. Photo: courtesy of James Fairweather and family
Big Issue

'His first thought was to help others': Tributes to former Big Issue Invest CEO as he faces cancer diagnosis

'I've had the worst diagnosis. Now I want to raise awareness of brain cancer'
James Fairweather and his family
Health

'I've had the worst diagnosis. Now I want to raise awareness of brain cancer'

Government urged to tackle violence faced by community pharmacists
Employment

Government urged to tackle violence faced by community pharmacists

Here's how to cool down at home when heatwaves hit
Heatwaves

Here's how to cool down at home when heatwaves hit

‘It nearly destroyed my life’: Menopause activist teams up with Big Issue to give sellers crucial advice
menopause
Health

‘It nearly destroyed my life’: Menopause activist teams up with Big Issue to give sellers crucial advice

'Knock for a drink or an ice lolly!': How Brits are helping those working outside in the heatwave
A dog with a sign offering free bottled water in the heatwave
Heatwave

'Knock for a drink or an ice lolly!': How Brits are helping those working outside in the heatwave

Bosses are being told to let staff work from home during the heatwave
Employees sit in a hot office building opposite a closed window and fan
Heatwave

Bosses are being told to let staff work from home during the heatwave

Sam Delaney: A CPAP machine is breathing new life into me
CPAP machine
Sam Delaney

Sam Delaney: A CPAP machine is breathing new life into me

Steve Barclay: How the new health secretary has voted on abortion, assisted dying and the NHS
Steve Barclay
Politics

Steve Barclay: How the new health secretary has voted on abortion, assisted dying and the NHS

Covid stole my sense of smell – but I never gave up hope of finding it
Health

Covid stole my sense of smell – but I never gave up hope of finding it

Life as a midwife aid worker: 'Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed'
Books

Life as a midwife aid worker: 'Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed'

Teenage activists deliver wheelbarrows of mud to Kellogg's factory to protest 'misleading' health claims
Healthy food

Teenage activists deliver wheelbarrows of mud to Kellogg's factory to protest 'misleading' health claims

How to respect the environment when wild swimming
Four people swim in brown, murky river water
Wild swimming

How to respect the environment when wild swimming

Cost of living: Why you should check if you're eligible for free prescriptions
A handful of different colour pills sit on a dark wood table
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living: Why you should check if you're eligible for free prescriptions

Joe Wicks: 'My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be'
Joe Wicks
Culture

Joe Wicks: 'My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be'

Long Covid cases 50% higher in most deprived households than in the richest
Blackpool beach
Long covid

Long Covid cases 50% higher in most deprived households than in the richest