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‘I was diagnosed with a rare dementia that affects my vision. I turned it into an art project’
Steve and his wife Aly
Dementia

‘I was diagnosed with a rare dementia that affects my vision. I turned it into an art project’

When 73-year-old Steve Baker was given his diagnosis, his immediate response was: “OK, well this is an art project now”
Meet the people with Alzheimer’s and their families coming together in a dementia run club
Dementia

Meet the people with Alzheimer’s and their families coming together in a dementia run club

Researchers are doing incredible work to find a cure for dementia – but more funding is vital
Professor Katie Lunnon
Dementia

Researchers are doing incredible work to find a cure for dementia – but more funding is vital

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David Baddiel: ‘My worst moment was telling my dad my mum died. I had to tell him again and again’
Dementia

David Baddiel: ‘My worst moment was telling my dad my mum died. I had to tell him again and again’

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: ‘One hit could kill them’
Contact sports

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: ‘One hit could kill them’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

The NHS

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Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them
A clock with a moon and clouds to illustrate night carers
Essay

Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them

Burnham says carers should be ‘the best paid people in society’. Here’s how much they actually earn
Prime minister Andy Burnham meets a woman in a visit to Jewish Care in Golders Green
social care

Burnham says carers should be ‘the best paid people in society’. Here’s how much they actually earn

‘At your sick child’s bedside, the last thing you need is to not feel supported financially’
Michael Duffy, who is now a healthy five-year-old but had an aggressive form of childhood cancer.
Employment rights

‘At your sick child’s bedside, the last thing you need is to not feel supported financially’

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street
An NHS mural on a pavement
Health

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street

Mental health

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How Big Issue saved vendor Robin Price’s life as magazine turns 35: ‘Without them, I’d be dead’
Robin Price
our vendors

How Big Issue saved vendor Robin Price’s life as magazine turns 35: ‘Without them, I’d be dead’

What has new prime minister Andy Burnham said about mental health?
Andy Burnham arriving at 10 Downing Street. Image: Kirsty O'Connor/ No 10 Downing Street
Alexa Knight

What has new prime minister Andy Burnham said about mental health?

I work in probation. What meeting a homeless man on the street taught me about second chances
Probation Service's Paul Edwards
Paul Edwards

I work in probation. What meeting a homeless man on the street taught me about second chances

North of England hit hardest by ‘children’s mental health crisis’ as funding gaps widen
person with head down
Social Justice

North of England hit hardest by ‘children’s mental health crisis’ as funding gaps widen