A Bristol woman who lost her purse shopping on Christmas Eve, has decided to give back to The Big Issue Foundation after a Big Issue vendor found and returned her purse on Christmas Day.
Yukiko Hosomi, 46, noticed she had lost the purse while out shopping on North Street, Bedminster, and resigned herself to never seeing it again.
However, she received a knock on her door at 5pm on Christmas Day when Big Issue vendor, Ioan Covaci, who sells the magazine outside McColl’s on North Street, sent his son to return the purse.