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Glasgow City Council knew this building was dangerous for years. Its collapse left people homeless
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So I’m doing my big scene. I look up and there’s James Bond, the Queen, Gandhi, Whitney Houston and Miss Babs from Acorn Antiques • As The Thursday Murder Club arrives in cinemas and on Netflix, Big Issue Ambassador Daniel Mays takes us inside the summer’s biggest British film
Inside the mission to feed the UK’s children over the holidays ‘Some kids won’t go home to another meal’
Schools are turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger
THE FIRST FRONTIER
BEE NIGHT WALKER
BELINDA CARLISLE • The Go-Go’s frontwoman was a rowdy class clown who formed punk bands with friends. Then her career went one step beyond
So I start a resolution from my bed
Pretty fly
Welcome to the TikTokification of politics
What is the UK-France treaty on Channel crossings?
‘WE WANT HIS SHORT TIME ON THIS EARTH TO HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT’
LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE
I’ve decided to micro-retire in my 20s. I’m not alone
Puzzles
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