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Leicester one of first cities in UK with no ethnic group majority, new census data shows -- BBC News (UK)
Leicester is one of the first cities in the UK where people identifying as white are no longer the majority; A total of 51% of the city said they were white when the data was last captured by the ONS in 2011
Outline:
mixed heritage
Tone:
± mixed
Discussion:
+ Leicester,
+ UK,
- London
Britain increasingly multi-cultural as one in 10 homes contains two or more ethnicities -- The Independent
BREAKING: Englands white population declined in past decade, census data reveals
Outline:
common ethnic group
Tone:
± mixed
Discussion:
++ Brexit,
? England,
? Europe
Nearly 100,000 people now identify as Cornish -- BBC News (UK)
Office for National Statistics said questionnaires were more user-friendly and people could write in Cornish; In total, 14% (80,000) of the population reported a fully Cornish identity in 2021
Outline:
cornish identity
Tone:
++ v. positive
Discussion:
+ Cornwall,
++ UK,
± BBC
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Musk threatens war with Apple over claims it is censoring free speech -- The Telegraph
Elon Musk has threatened to go to war with Apple after accusing the iPhone-maker of stifling free speech and threatening to block its app
Outline:
free speech elon musk
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
- Apple,
- Twitter,
+ s
Elon Musk set to become number-one influencer on Twitter -- BBC News (UK)
Analysts predict Elon Musk will become the number-one influencer on Twitter in January 2023; With 120 million followers, his account, @ElonMusk, is already the second most followed, after @BarackObama, which has 130 million
Outline:
followers mr musk
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
- Twitter,
-- BBC,
+ Musk
Will Elon Musk really let Twitter go bust? -- The Guardian
Advertising shortfall and issues over subscription revenues should worry new owner given huge level of debt; Twitter has cash of $2.7bn on its balance sheet to help meet interest payments
Outline:
twitter
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
++ Twitter,
++ Elon,
-- Tesla
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The Papers -- BBC News (UK)
Wednesdays i: UK Christians in minority for first time since Dark Ages
Outline:
uk christians
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
-- UK,
-- BBC,
- Rashford
Less than half of population in England and Wales identify as Christian, Census 2021 shows -- BBC News (UK)
For the first time fewer than half of people in England and Wales describe themselves as Christian; The proportion of people who said they were Christian was 46.2%, down from 59.3% in the last census in 2011
Outline:
non - religious population
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
± LGBTQ,
- Bible,
? England
England and Wales now minority Christian countries, census reveals -- The Guardian
Number of Christians has dropped by 13.1% and the number of Muslims has risen by 1.7; It is the first time in a census of England and Wales that fewer than half of the population have described themselves as Christian
Outline:
non - religious population
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
-- UK,
++ England,
? Iran
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Duchess of Sussex faced disgusting threats to life, senior Met officer says -- The Guardian
Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu says Meghan was subject to 'disgusting' threats; He says they were ‘very real’ and led to prosecutions of people who have been prosecuted
Outline:
many credible threats
Tone:
- negative
Discussion:
-- Harry,
- Princess Anne,
? Meghan
Camilla, the Queen Consort, condemns "pandemic" of violence against women -- BBC News (UK)
Camilla, the Queen Consort, spoke at a Buckingham Palace event highlighting the threat of domestic abuse and violence against women; Campaigners at the event warned that the cost-of-living crisis would increase the numbers needing help
Outline:
queen consort
Tone:
± mixed
Discussion:
? BBC,
? Camilla,
? WHOM
Met Police launches abuse and corruption hotline -- BBC News (UK)
Line will be run by Crimestoppers, 24 hours a day, seven days a week; Officers have been convicted of a string of offences including sex crimes, theft and assault
Outline:
corruption hotline
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
? Michelle Mone,
? Tories,
? Lancashire
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