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• The Grand National dominated the news, after two injured horses had to be put down, favourite Synchronised and According to Pete
• A ceasefire in Syria, North Korea’s attempts at launching a long-range rocket, and David Cameron visits Burma were covered lots
• Tension in Sudan, Guido Fawkes’ publication of Motorman files, and hacking allegations spread to the US were covered little

Covered Lots

• The Grand National, one of Britain’s crown jewels in the sporting calender, took place on Saturday, 275 articles
• A ceasefire came into force in Syria on Thursday, but the violence appeared to continue, 212 articles
• North Korea ignored calls for them to not launch a long-range rocket, but it crashes into the ocean minutes after the launch, 121 articles
• David Cameron visits Burma and meets with the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as the UK considers easing economic sanctions on the country, 106 articles

Covered Little

• Sudan says they will mobilise its army against South Sudan after the latter annexes the biggest oilfield in Sudan, 10 articles
• Guido Fawkes publishes the bluebook of the Motorman files, 9 articles
• Mark Lewis, the lawyer who had a prominent role in exposing the prevalence of phone hacking at the News of the World, flew to the US to prepare filing lawsuits against News Corporation, 8 articles

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

• David Cameron, 514 articles (+32% on last week)
• George Osborne, 243 articles (+32% on last week)
• Boris Johnson, 148 articles (+6% on last week)
• Ken Livingstone, 142 articles (+21% on last week)
• Nick Clegg, 134 articles (-12% on last week)
• Ed Miliband, 108 articles (-14% on last week)
• William Hague, 105 articles (+81% on last week)
• Tony Blair, 97 articles (+9% on last week)
• Theresa May, 63 articles (-42% on last week)
• Vince Cable, 57 articles (+33% on last week)

Celebrity vs Serious

• One Direction have a busy week, from being sued for $1 million, to touring Australia and Rihanna admitting she would ‘love to hook-up’ with Harry Styles, 88 articles vs. the 551 day-old company Instagram is bought out for $1 billion by Facebook, 81 articles
• Speaking of Rihanna, she spent the week promoting her new film, Battleship, in various ways, 73 articles vs. Rick Santorum pulls out of the race to be the Republican nominee in the US elections, 62 articles
• Adele tops the youngest rich list with a reported £20 million fortune, 57 articles vs. the National Union of Teachers threaten to strike if the six week summer break is cut, 42 articles

Eurozone leaders (top ten by number of articles)

• Nicolas Sarkozy (France), 83 articles (+9% on last week)
• Mariano Rajoy (Spain), 39 articles (+160% on last week)
• Mario Monti (Italy), 17 articles (-39% on last week)
• Angela Merkel (Germany), 16 articles (-38% on last week)
• Lucas Papademos (Greece), 15 articles (+114% on last week)
• Enda Kenny (Ireland), 8 articles (+60% on last week)
• Pedro Passos Coelho (Portugal), 3 articles (+200% on last week)
• Jean-Claude Juncker (Luxembourg), 1 article (-50% on last week)
• Elio di Rupo (Belgium), 1 article (from 0 last week)
• Lawrence Gonzi (Malta), 1 article (from 0 last week)

No other Eurozone leaders were mentioned in UK press coverage.

Who wrote a lot about…the government plans to reform tax relief

• Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 7 articles
• James Kirkup, The Daily Telegraph, 5 articles
• Jason Groves, MailOnline, 5 articles
• Robin Wigglesworth, The Financial Times, 4 articles
• Tim Shipman, MailOnline, 4 articles
• Andrew Grice, The Independent, 3 articles
• Michael Savage, The Times, 3 articles
• Kiran Stacey, The Financial Times, 3 articles

Long form journalism

• 3,492 words. Andrew Hussey (The Guardian), France:a divided nation goes to the polls
• 3,172 words. Danny Forston (The Sunday Times), Billionaires in the pipeline
• 2,878 words. Finlay Young (The Independent), Lost boys: what became of Liberia’s child soldiers?

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