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    Big Issue
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    Apr 21, 2024
    He’s done it! In 5 hours 21 minutes and 50 seconds. Christopher Eccleston crossed the finish line of the @LondonMarathon having raised over £10,000 for Big Issue. As soon as he finished the race he wanted to send a personal video message to all of his supporters. Watch below. ❤️
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    Aug 12, 2021
    This is the moment when 58-year-old Big Issue vendor Clive found out he had passed his #GCSEs2021 at @cityplym bigissue.com/latest/big-iss…
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    Nov 3, 2021
    The menu for #COP26 delegates has come under fire for serving meat and dairy in almost 60 per cent of its dishes. A spokesperson for @RebelsAnimal called it "like serving cigarettes at a lung cancer conference"
    The COP26 menu is ‘like serving cigarettes at a lung cancer conference’
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    Aug 5, 2022
    A group of teenagers ran into a burning building in east London yesterday to rescue elderly and vulnerable people. Zack, 18, said: "We all had different roles, I said I’d find disabled people and another friend was pointing people to the exits"
    ‘They’re heroes’: Teens from Young Black Men scheme rescue vulnerable people from burning building
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    Sep 10, 2021
    "The conversation around the prime minister lying in the Commons is gathering momentum," said @PeterStefanovi2
    More than 70 MPs back motion to stop ministers lying in parliament
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    Aug 24, 2022
    EXCLUSIVE: Alex Turner lifts the lid on new @ArcticMonkeys album The Car in a global exclusive interview with The Big Issue “Sci-fi is off the table. We are back to earth” 👀👀
    Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive
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    Aug 10, 2021
    Lawyer and campaigner @PeterStefanovi2's two-minute video calling out Boris Johnson for lying about poverty, climate change and the NHS has now passed 30 million views
    Viral video showing Boris Johnson misleading parliament reaches 30m views
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    Oct 28, 2021
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    And the late, great Alan Rickman 'One of the sweetest, kindest, nicest and most incredibly smart men I’ve ever met. Prior to acting he’d been a graphic designer and he brought the considered, laser-like precision of that profession to his work' bigissue.com/culture/tv/eig…
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    Nov 5, 2023
    Home secretary Suella Braverman sparked controversy this weekend by claiming that rough sleepers were making a “lifestyle choice”. Founder of The Big Issue @johnbirdswords had this to say in response 👇 Read The Big Issue’s reaction here: bit.ly/3FQ608I
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    Oct 28, 2021
    Succession's Brian Cox has some strong opinions on Michael Caine, Johnny Depp, David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino and Steven Seagal in his new book
    8 Hollywood A-listers Brian Cox trashes Logan Roy-style in his new book
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    Oct 28, 2021
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    Johnny Depp's acting? 'I mean, Edward Scissorhands. Let’s face it, if you come on with hands like that and pale, scarred-face make-up, you don’t have to do anything. And he didn’t. And subsequently, he’s done even less' bigissue.com/culture/tv/eig…
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    Oct 19, 2021
    People are being forced to submit photos of themselves holding a local daily paper in order to claim universal credit. One organisation supporting a claimant compared the demands to “what kidnappers do”
    'What kidnappers do' - DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper
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    Big Issue
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    Aug 5, 2021
    Has the PM misled parliament about UK poverty, the environment and the NHS? A video made by lawyer and campaigner @PeterStefanovi2 makes the case that Johnson has broken the ministerial code... and has now been viewed more than 30m times
    Viral video showing Boris Johnson misleading parliament reaches 30m views
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    Oct 28, 2021
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    Quentin Tarantino? 'I find his work meretricious. It’s all surface. Plot mechanics in place of depth. Style where there should be substance. I walked out of Pulp Fiction…That said, if the phone rang, I’d do it' bigissue.com/culture/tv/eig…