The Aporia · Margaret Davis

Articles

8

2026-09-21 – 2026-09-30

Claims per article

22

176 extracted in total

Hedged claims

9%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

3,916

characters

Writes for The Independent, Evening Standard.

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.

Crime & Law

100%

Most-tagged topics

GloucestershireLondonBritishIranCounter Terrorism PolicingWhelfordAustraliaBritain

Not enough articles to place this byline.

1 scored article; 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 -0.16 (centre).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-09-28 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Police keeping ‘open mind’ over suspected airbase plot as five bailed

29 outlets covered this event

2026-09-28 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Police keeping ‘open mind’ over suspected airbase plot as five bailed

29 outlets covered this event

2026-09-28 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Suspects arrested over potential RAF Fairford terror plot all released on bail

29 outlets covered this event

2026-09-28 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Five British nationals arrested over suspected bomb plot near airbase

29 outlets covered this event

2026-09-27 · The Independent · Crime & Law

Trump says terror plot suspects ‘looking to do big damage’ after arrests near RAF base used by US

29 outlets covered this event

2026-09-30 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Evidence file on housing department among those passed to Grenfell prosecutors

4 outlets covered this event · leans left

2026-09-21 · The Standard

Vinyl forger netted profits to the tune of £2.7m from massive fake record stash

🔮 Detective Constable Daryl Fryatt, from the police intellectual property crime unit (PIPCU) at the City of London Police, said: “Rehan Ahmed exploited artists and the wider music industry, taking advantage of the resurgence in vinyl records for his own gain. “We will continue to pursue criminals who target the creative industries and bring them to justice when they do. “ assertive

2026-09-21 · The Standard

Young driver crashes kill or seriously hurt more than 23,000 in five years

🔮 Long before any of us had smartphones in our pockets, long before any of us knew what an Instagram post was, insurance companies absolutely understood just how dangerous young people could be on the road in the wrong circumstances. assertive

2026-09-27 · The Independent World

Trump says terror plot suspects ‘looking to do big damage’ after arrests near RAF base used by US

🔮 “It may have been Scotland Yard, I don’t know. assertive

2026-09-28 · The Standard

Five British nationals arrested over suspected bomb plot near airbase

🔮 “I’d also like to thank the emergency services for their response, including the armed officers who first attended the scene, not knowing what they may face. assertive

2026-09-28 · The Standard

Suspects arrested over potential RAF Fairford terror plot all released on bail

🔮 The men arrested over a suspected terrorist plot near an RAF base will all be released on police bail, police said. assertive

2026-09-28 · The Standard

Police keeping ‘open mind’ over suspected airbase plot as five bailed

🔮 Acknowledging speculation over whether Iran was behind the plot, he said police are keeping an open mind, and one possibility could be proxies “either knowingly or unknowingly working on behalf of a foreign state”. assertive

2026-09-28 · The Standard

Police keeping ‘open mind’ over suspected airbase plot as five bailed

🔮 Acknowledging speculation over whether Iran was behind the plot, he said police are keeping an open mind, and one possibility could be proxies “either knowingly or unknowingly working on behalf of a foreign state”. assertive

2026-09-30 · The Standard

Evidence file on housing department among those passed to Grenfell prosecutors

🔮 Ms Rayner said: “I recognise the significance and gravity of this development, and we will respond with the appropriate and necessary diligence and care.” assertive

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