👤 Lucy Hooker

8 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
8
2026-07-30 – 2026-10-11
Claims per article
27
217 extracted in total
Hedged claims
13%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,926
characters
Writes for BBC News.
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

Entertainment
25%
Politics
25%
Crime & Law
12%
Economy/Business
12%
Environment
12%
Health
12%
Most-tagged topics
BBCEnglandBritainAmericansBloomberg NewsBritishCaliforniaCanada

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
6 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 -0.15 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-02 · BBC News · Politics
G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after Trump export ban threat
20 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-23 · BBC News · Health
Off sick? You need to phone your boss, back-to-work tsar says
3 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-18 · BBC News · Politics
Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK
3 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-08-16 · BBC News · Entertainment
Selena Gomez sued for alleged fraud over mental health company
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-11 · BBC News · Crime & Law
Roofing scammers con homeowners out of thousands of pounds
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-08-14 · BBC News · Economy/Business
UK economy grows but experts warn of challenging months ahead
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-07-30 · BBC News
'Don't wait until you want revenge' - why prenups are on the rise
🔮 "A lot of things could happen in a marriage and you want to discuss them when you still love each other rather than when things go bad and you want to take revenge," says Celine. assertive
2026-08-14 · BBC News
Water bills set to rise for many after firms permitted extra funding
🔮 Some of the rest will be used to meet rising demand from housebuilding and data centres and to address pollutants known as "forever chemicals". assertive
2026-08-14 · BBC News
UK economy grows but experts warn of challenging months ahead
🔮 Experts questioned whether this resilience would be maintained, however, given growth was fuelled by some temporary factors and energy prices could remain volatile if the Middle East conflict continues. mixed
2026-08-16 · BBC News
Selena Gomez sued for alleged fraud over mental health company
🔮 Shareholders are claiming the pop star failed to fulfil promises that she would be "actively building" the brand, saying her "abject dereliction of her duties" has left the company in a "state of financial calamity". mixed
2026-09-18 · BBC News
Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK
🔮 He told the BBC failing to invest further in North Sea oil and gas amounted to "insanity" and warned gas storage was so low that the UK could "run out of gas" if there was a cold snap this winter. assertive
2026-09-23 · BBC News
Off sick? You need to phone your boss, back-to-work tsar says
🔮 - Published People off sick from work should keep in phone contact with their boss, government-appointed back-to-work expert Sir Charlie Mayfield has said. assertive
2026-10-02 · BBC News
G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after Trump export ban threat
🔮 The group of advanced economies, including the US, said the move would include a "substantial release" of diesel in the coming days. assertive
2026-10-11 · BBC News
Roofing scammers con homeowners out of thousands of pounds
🔮 The two men then said there was further work that needed to be done, that would cost £2,500. 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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