A level English Language: Mini-Data Investigation

DATA SET FOR INVESTIGATION

This is the data you will need for this exercise. It consists of news and sports headlines from the same day’s editions of The Sun and The Guardian.

News headlines from ‘The Sun’ newspaper – Part 1 of 2

•	TYSON SPENDS £1M ON JEWELS
•	SHAMBLES AS LORDS REFORM TEAM IS SPLIT
•	OASIS GURU RAPS BLAIR
•	MONEY WORRY MO SELLING UP 
•	DEBT PROBE AT ROBINSON FIRM
•	HAMILTON: I CAN’T APPEAL
•	REBEL SNIPER KILLS GENERAL
•	BRITS RIPPED OFF BY TOP BRANDS
•	KOHL PAL IN SUICIDE
•	COPS NAB ART GANG
•	DOCS GIVE SUPERMAN NEW HOPE
•	JAMMY HAMMY
•	TO MOTHER WITH LOVE FROM 00
•	BABY SENT HOME TO DIE
•	DYKE £6M SHARE SALE
•	NUT MUGS FERGIE PAL
•	BOY, 12, ON DEATH RAP
•	GORD’S TAX FEAR
•	SUBBUTEO GETS BOOT
•	FLICK AS A PARROT
•	£1M MIKE BUY-SON
•	OUR HEROES GET LESS THAN NAZI LIVING IN COUNCIL HOUSE

News headlines from ‘The Sun’ newspaper – Part 2 of 2

•	AD SHAME HOWARD AXED FROM TOP JOB
•	DETEN-SHUN!
•	MUM JUDY WINS RIGHT TO WEAR HER TROUSERS
•	DOG DEALS RUFF JUSTICE
•	SORRY MUM
•	NIGEL WINGS IT
•	NUTTER BUTTS H
•	ER, I SAY CAP’N YOUR ENGINE IS FALLING TO BITS
•	WILLY YOB’S SAW POINT
•	ISLE NEVER GO HUNGRY AGAIN
•	TV LYNDA IN VICTIM PLEA
•	£50M FORGE GANG CAGED
•	DRUG FEAR OF 13 YEAR OLDS
•	DI’S PETER PAN GARDEN
•	FUND SAVES TEEN GIRLS FROM VICE
•	MS A: I GOT MY GRIP ON DR SEX
•	BLEACH BOY IS DEAD
•	DREADFUL WASTE OF A WONDERFUL GIRL
•	ARCADIA GOES FOR A BURTON
•	ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK.COM

Sports headlines from ‘The Sun’ newspaper

•	LUGER: I’M ON FIRE
•	WESTWOOD GETS OFF TO A HAPPY NEW YEAR START
•	SERENA SERVES UP A REAL PAIR OF SMASHERS
•	RICHARD THE SECOND
•	ALLEYNE WILL MAKE MARK AS STUMPER
•	PHILL YER BOOTS
•	PEGGUY WHO? PEGGUY WHO?
•	IT’S McCALL OVER IF WE MESS IT UP
•	SHATTERED GLASS
•	ALDO GLAD TO GRAB BABB
•	ROUSSEL STRACHS A DEAL
•	JAMIE WILL BE REDDY
•	MAKE REFS SPUR PARTS
•	FANS FACE PASSPORT CONTROL
•	TAIBI IN A RED RAGE
•	KEV HAS IT AWAY

News headlines from ‘The Guardian’ newspaper: Part 1 of 2

•	LABOUR IN RETREAT OVER ETHICAL FOREIGN POLICY
•	DISMAY AT LORDS PLAN
•	REAL IRA ENDS SILENCE WITH CALL TO ARMS
•	HAMILTON FAILS TO RAISE CASH FOR PROMISED LIBEL APPEAL
•	BLAIR ATTACKED FROM ALL SIDES
•	BRITAIN ACCUSED OF HYPOCRISY AS WAR CRIPPLES ECONOMY
•	TEACHER POISONED BY FUMES AWARDED £500,000
•	LORDS KILL STRAW’S BILL ENDING RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL
•	DTI APPOINTS INSPECTORS TO INVESTIGATE ROBINSON FIRM
•	MINISTERS’ £750M DISABILITY SAVING
•	GIRL LEFT OUTSIDE CLUB WAS LURED TO HER DEATH
•	FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS FOR SUBBUTEO
•	POLICE RECOVER CONSTABLE OIL SKETCHES
•	SS MAN’S UNIT SHOT BRITISH POWS
•	DYKE SELLS GRANADA SHARES
•	NAKED CANBTEEN LADIES PUT DINERS OFF THEIR FOOD
•	BOY, 12, ON BABY MURDER CHARGE
•	TRAINEE TEACHERS MUST PASS MATHS EXAM TO QUALIFY
•	BMA BERATES STRAW OVER PINOCHET
•	WOMAN HAS THE RIGHT TO WEAR TROUSERS
•	EU SCIENTISTS’ NEW DOUBTS OVER BEEF ON THE BONE
•	IRISH EYES SENT MI5 WRONG SIGNAL
•	REFORMED CHAMBER PRESENTED AS ‘RADICAL EVOLUTION’
•	KAUFMAN STORMS FROM TV STUDIO
•	JAILED DRUGS WORKERS BEGIN APPEAL
•	12 YEARS FOR £50M CASH PLOT
•	MONKEYS KISS AND MAKE UP
•	DOCTORS SEEK WIDER USE OF IVF
•	PRISON ‘INFESTED BY VERMIN’

News headlines from ‘The Guardian’ newspaper: Part 2 of 2

•	SCIENTISTS PATENT CLONING TECHNIQUE
•	SINN FEIN FURY AT ATTACK ON GRAVES
•	KILLER AWARDED £3,548 FOR PAINTINGS LOST IN PRISON
•	LORDS TORPEDO WRECKS STRAW’S JURY BILL
•	LIKE IT OR LUMP IT, HAGUE TELLS CRITICS
•	DAVIES IN NEW TROUBLE AFTER LABOUR ATTACKS
•	SCEPTIC PARTY TORN BY FEUDS
•	SUICIDE OF CDU OFFICIAL FUELS KOHL SCANDAL
•	VIP PRISONERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST FRENCH JAIL CONDITIONS
•	RUSSIAN GENERAL FALLS INTO CHECHEN HANDS
•	NEXT GENERATION OF REBELS STEPS UP VIOLENCE IN KASHMIR
•	SCORSESE EPIC SIGNALS ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
•	NEW ERA DAWNS FOR OLD ENEMIES
•	CIGARETTE PACKETS TO SHOW DISEASED LUNGS
•	MUSLIM LEADERS BACK LOMBOK CRACKDOWN
•	JAPAN BEGINS REVIEW OF ITS PACIFIST CONSTITUTION
•	M&S CHIEF UNDER THREAT
•	BANKS PULL PLUG ON VERSAILLES
•	GENT OLIVE BRANCH REJECTED
•	OIL PRICE HURTS PROFIT IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
•	ARTPRICE MAKES BOURSE DEBUT
•	US LOAN SITE LAUNCHES IN BRITAIN
•	$2.9bn FOR ONLINE AD FIRMS
•	TELEKOM’S T-ONLINE MAY GO TO MARKET
•	UK FUND MANAGERS’MUST ADAPT OR DIE’
•	BA MAKES STRIKE UNION A PARTNER
•	KINGFISHER BLAMES TAX FOR ‘RIP-OFF’ LABEL
•	RETAILER FACES MORE HEAT
•	DEUTSCH ANALYST GOES TO THE WALL 

Sports headlines from ‘The Guardian’ newspaper

•	DOKIC DRAWN INTO TAPE ROW
•	JULIUS SEES A DAY OF DESTINY DAWNING
•	HOTSHOT HEWITT HAS BIG GUNS IN HIS SIGHTS
•	STORM MOVE CLOSER OVER CARDIFF
•	MAJORS LEVEL PLAYING FIELDS
•	DATO STAR ON CHAMPION TRAIL
•	SEEBALD TAKES PIPE THROUGH £1M BARRIER
•	KEEGAN FACES GERMAN TEST FIRST
•	INVESTORS CALL ON ASHTON TO END CAMPAIGN
•	MAGPIES SWOOP ON SPARROWHAWK
•	ENGLAND FUMBLE FOR SAFE KEEPING
•	BURNS LOOKS GOOD FOR THE FULL MONTE
•	UNDER 19S MAKE SAD EXIT FROM WORLD CUP
•	WESTWOOD ALMOST IN DRIVING SEAT
•	A BOUQUET FOR THE BRIDE
•	O’GARA MOVES STEP CLOSER FOR IRELAND
•	THREATS TO SAFETY OF LEEDS PLAYERS
•	ENGLAND TO HOST ASIAN SUMMIT
•	PULLING NO PUNCHES