Independent magazine Leeds Guide had debts of more than £153,000 when it went into administration at the end of last month, records show. Its staff, looking forward to the weekend after a busy week producing…
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Incinerator study gets under way
Britain’s first major study into the impact of emissions from municipal waste incinerators will finally get underway shortly. Announced nearly a year ago, the study will be carried out by the Small Area Health Statistics…
Vendors and housing benefit – our response
Last week saw Big Issue vendor Firuta Vasile, who sells the magazine in Bristol, win a court case to claim housing benefit following the ruling by a judge that selling the Big Issue is self…
Liverpool’s new dry bar
An alcohol-free bar has opened in Liverpool aimed at helping people recovering from drink and drug addiction. The Brink on Parr Street is a social enterprise where three-quarters of the staff are recovering alcoholics or…
Lucentis: the eyes don’t have it
A diabetic man from York with serious sight problems still considers himself very fortunate – because he’s been lucky enough to find someone prepared to pay privately for his treatment for macular oedema. NHS patients…
Working Class Movement Library threat
The Working Class Movement Library on Salford’s Crescent is facing a tough financial battle to survive. Thirty per cent cuts to its funding from Salford City Council, lost rental income and increased staff costs mean…
Streets in the sky
The first phase in the controversial redevelopment of Sheffield’s iconic Park Hill flats will be open to the public next month. The massive modernist building – Europe’s largest listed structure– is undergoing a £146 million…
Bailiff’s false start
A young couple who succeeded in having a bailiff bill scrapped are urging others not to be bullied by threatening letters and visits. Kerry and Kieran Hanson endured six months of hell after a mix-up…
Right-wing terrorism in the north
More rightwing terrorist plots have been prosecuted in the North East than in other areas of the UK, a spokeswoman for the police’s North East regional counter-terrorism unit has told The Big Issue in the…
Learning disabilities and death
A 15-minute film aimed at helping people with learning disabilities, their family and friends deal with the issue of dying has been released. We Are Living Well But Dying Matters was written and directed by…
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