👤 Andrew Barton

2 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
2
2026-08-16 – 2026-10-09
Claims per article
12
25 extracted in total
Hedged claims
4%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
1,845
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

Crime & Law
100%
Most-tagged topics
WakefieldHorburyLeeds Crown CourtNormanton Police StationThe Crown Prosecution ServiceWest YorkshireWest Yorkshire Police

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More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-09 · BBC News · Crime & Law
Man who kept wife's body in freezer jailed for life
2 outlets covered this event
2026-08-16 · BBC News · Crime & Law
Murder inquiry after man bitten by dog dies
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-08-16 · BBC News
Murder inquiry after man bitten by dog dies
🔮 He added: "We would urge these two people to come forward to help us with our ongoing inquiries into this tragic incident. assertive
2026-10-09 · BBC News
Man who kept wife's body in freezer jailed for life
🔮 He also used her phone to send messages suggesting she would soon return home and prevented the children from entering the room where the freezer was kept. 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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