‘we are all connected’

It’s Friday morning in early autumn, the sun is shining and we’re on the road. Amber Jether, who works for Big Issue’s South West frontline team, has a vanload of magazines and a lot of miles to go be

→ Three per cent of rough sleepers are veterans. According to our latest vendor survey the figure is the same for Big Issue sellers who have previously served in the armed forces. As Remembrance Day a

Now I am very famous here in Alnwick because everyone knows me — I’ve sold magazines for 17 years in this pitch. It’s a little easier for me now. I’m from Romania originally, but I emigrated when I wa

T RACY’S passing a box of teacakes across the scanner. She’s also chatting to one of her favourite customers – Mrs P – when her eyes stray to the clock in the corner of her screen. Ten-thirty a.m. on

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Kelsall Hill’s Phil Latham on the highs and lows of running events, and the time he “kidnapped” Rishi Sunak