Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty
(“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is
not a fault: it is often careful sourcing.
How these are measured.
What they cover
Crime & Law
31%
Environment
31%
Education
8%
Entertainment
8%
Other
8%
Politics
8%
Most-tagged topics
DevonSomersetSwindonWinchesterBangorBathBedfordshireBetsi Cadwaladr University
Leaning
Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles;
a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more
about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned.
Their outlet averages -0.28
(leans left).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 The first scythers have been trained and will use their new skills in the meadows around an abbey in Somerset, where it is hoped that as well as helping to keep the age-old practice alive, they will protect a rare type of bumblebee. assertive
🔮 The Studland Bay Marine Partnership, which includes a wide range of organisations including conservationists and boating enthusiasts, hopes the findings could help protect and restore seagrass in other busy marine environments around the UK. assertive
🔮 But relatively little had been found in an area north of the city, partly because the city’s Georgian buildings and streets are so solid – and well-protected by conservation laws – that the sort of construction project that might unearth remains rarely takes place. assertive
🔮 A bold bid by residents of a progressive town in the English West Country who raised almost £1m to create what could have been the UK’s largest community-led regeneration project is in tatters. assertive
🔮 Fining SWW £7,867,733 at Plymouth magistrates court – the largest fine for environmental offences in the region – District Judge Matson said incidents of pollution could not be tolerated. assertive
🔮 The easy thing for the people who live on the banks of the River Dart in Devon might have been to grumble and groan about the sewage spills that blight their beloved waterway. assertive
🔮 The local comprehensive, King Edward VI Community College (KEVICC), has been given the go-ahead by the UK government to sell the 1.5-hectare plot – Lower Field – and it is likely houses will be built on it. assertive
🔮 A woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by men invited into their family home by her ex-husband described how she would wake in the middle of the night restrained and blindfolded and feeling “hazy”. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first.
Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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