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Big Issue launch first-ever Christmas appeal film highlighting rough sleeping crisis
A vendor selling The Big Issue magazine

THE Big Issue launched its first-ever Christmas appeal film today, highlighting the unprecedented plight its magazine vendors face this winter.

In the film, Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie compares his experiences before the coronavirus pandemic with the emptier streets that he faces in present times.

It also features a voiceover from actor and Big Issue ambassador Christopher Eccleston.

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