Joe mcdowell, 63

I’m established now. I’ve been on this pitch nearly eight months. I’m getting a lot of regulars. The locals are buying off me, as well as the staff from all the offices. I’m right in the middle of it

TAMARA, 49 I’m Italian born and I was raised in the Alps. One of my parents is Sardinian and the other is Sicilian so that means I am a melting pot of craziness and passion! I will be 50 in a couple o

DAVID POPA, 19 My name is David Popa. I speak Spanish and Romanian, and a little bit of English. I’ve also been working with Big Issue for two years. Big Issue has helped me a lot with finding a job b

TONY FLYNN, 67 I’ve recently come out of hospital after a triple heart bypass so I haven’t been using my pitch. Somebody else is using it now but I do a bit part-time. We’ll see how my fitness goes, w

I’ve been selling Big Issue since October last year. I escaped a very toxic relationship – mental abuse. You hear about blokes doing all this to women. Unfortunately, this was the other way around. It

SHE might have taken leave of her job as one of the longest-standing news anchors in the country, but the last thing Sally Magnusson is planning to do is put her feet up. The BBC presenter, known for