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Student blog post: Kids as young as THREE being given smartphones by their parents, new survey claims
According to an article by The Sun newspaper, claims have been made that children as young as three years old are being given their own smartphones by their parents. The claim made by the newspaper seems to be correct of … Continue reading
Student blog post: 1 in 10 inmates in the UK are foreigners: Taxpayer foots prison costs
Source: Daily Star (2016) – http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/506979/foreign-criminals-prisoners-UK-taxpayer-expensive-prison-population Main Claims: 1. More than 10% of prisoners in the UK are from abroad – and each costs £65k a year 2. Each costs UK taxpayers £65,000 every year – adding up … Continue reading
Are ‘healthy’ smoothies actually good for you?
Author: Anonymous While current generations have become more health conscious, companies have taken note and have created more ‘healthy’ products to market to the ‘clean eating’ market. This includes companies like Naked, who have created a brand revolving around healthy … Continue reading
Student blog post: Average British Woman spends £70,000 on her appearance in a lifetime, research finds.
A survey generated by Groupon has reportedly found how women in Britain ‘spend an average £70,294 on their appearance in their lifetime’. This survey asked 1000 women, who use the sight ‘Groupon’ about the items they buy, focusing on buying … Continue reading
Student blog post: Majority police think marijuana laws should be relaxed – U.S.News (January 2017)
A survey completed by Pew Research Centre has found that more than two-thirds of United States’ police officers think marijuana should be legal for either personal or medical use. Looking closely at the data it is clear to see that … Continue reading
The statistic that I have found to analyse is from the ‘NSPCC’ website stating that ‘around 1 in 5 children have been exposed to domestic abuse’. This statistic appears towards the end of the page which is specific to domestic … Continue reading
Student blog post: Net migration into UK up by more than 38% to 243,000 – BBC News
I found this article on BBC News. The article uses the Office For National Statistics as its source in order to support its numerical data. The BBC is not the most reliable news source as it is company website, not … Continue reading
Student blog post: 5% of adults in America are now Vegan
https://news.therawfoodworld.com/16-million-people-us-now-vegan-vegetarian/ The article claimed that almost 16 million people in America are now vegan. To calculate whether 16 million represents the 5% of America, I searched the total population of the USA, which came to 318.9 million. I divided 16 … Continue reading
Student blog post: Life on Earth started hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, fossils reveal.
Firstly, I think that this headline is misleading because “hundreds of millions of years is very vague it doesn’t reveal anything. Also, I thought reading the article would provide more information, but it also didn’t give a specific time. it … Continue reading
Student Blog post: ‘Record hate crimes’ after EU referendum
“’Record hate crimes’ after EU referendum” is a news article published by BBC News about the apparent rise in hate crimes after the EU Referendum. Before analysing this article it is important to first define what a hate crime is. … Continue reading