The first article is more like a story of the facts that the new explains about a boy who lost a friend in a bar, murdered by other person. It begins with a background context “Dean had met Rob months earlier - and nicknamed him "superstar" because of his appearance in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. "He was a great person to be around," he says. They were enjoying a drink with pals Nicky Lee Jones, 20, Andrew Dormer, 17, and Charlie Grimley, 17, when the killer struck.” And then it continues with the chronological facts “Just 11 weeks after the attack, Dean walked out of hospital. A year on, he and girlfriend Helen, 21, have become parents. Daughter Carly was born eight weeks ago”. It ends with an advice of the new’s subject: “Kids think it's all right to go out carrying weapons - but one night and it can change everyone's lives."
The second one is based on the statements of a football player. After a short introduction the bigger part of the article consists in textual declarations: “Many critics claim the Manchester United striker is a shadow of the player who terrorised Premier League defences week in, week out during his time with Liverpool. But Owen, who has been plagued by injuries throughout his career, is confident he will silence them by delivering the goods at Old Trafford.” Then it’s all full of sentences like this ones: "With the hamstring problems early in my career, they knocked a yard off my pace.” "But since then I have been the same player and if anything I have improved. "Game awareness is a good word for it. A lot of it is so instinctive it's hard to put down. "It is your experience taking you into areas. I'm only 29 and I'm not past it."
I found easier to read the second one because it consists in short statements of a Manchester United football player. And the words are easy to understad, even if you don’t know them very well. The first one was also easy to read but it has words that i’ve never seen before like: “thrash around” ; “the roadshow is heading right into the midst of the very politicians who can change the laws” and also “dish out harsher punishments”.
The first new is from News of the world and i think that it is read by adult people aged between 30 and 60 years. And the other one it’s from The Sun, so i think i the printed edition is read by more young people, but also the same people who reads News of the world.
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NEWS OF THE WORLD
LAD left paralysed in the knife attack that killed Harry Potter star Rob Knox today reveals the depths of his anguish for his lost friend.
Brave Dean Saunders - stabbed in the neck - has defied doctors by WALKING again and becoming a DAD for the first time.
But when he first heard that pal Rob was dead as he lay in hospital he wanted to DIE.
"My mum told me there was someone worse off than me - he had died. And that was Rob," says Dean who backs our Save Our Streets campaign.
"I couldn't thrash around because I was paralysed - so I was stuck there crying. I couldn't believe it.
"I'd already been told I might not walk again. I really didn't want to go on."
Dean, 22, remembers little of the attack outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup, Kent, in May 2008 in which 18-year-old Rob was murdered by Karl Bishop, 22.
Dean had met Rob months earlier - and nicknamed him "superstar" because of his appearance in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. "He was a great person to be around," he says.
They were enjoying a drink with pals Nicky Lee Jones, 20, Andrew Dormer, 17, and Charlie Grimley, 17, when the killer struck. "I looked out and saw Nicky and Bishop outside. I knew Bishop had a knife but if you see your mate in trouble you don't really think about it. I went straight out," says Dean. "The next thing I was lying on the floor and my mates were trying to keep me awake."
Bishop's blade had penetrated his spine. As he lay in King's College Hospital, London, doctors told him he might never regain feeling in his legs. "I thought if I wasn't walking any more, I just didn't want to be there," says Dean. But he then began a remarkable fightback after being transferred to Stoke Mandeville hospital, Bucks.
He recalls how his mum and dad, Michael and Sylvie, watched as he walked the length of a hospital corridor and back. "I was really proud," he beams.
Just 11 weeks after the attack, Dean walked out of hospital. A year on, he and girlfriend Helen, 21, have become parents. Daughter Carly was born eight weeks ago.
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Dean is back in his job as a dry cleaner but can't run or lift heavy objects - and his balance is poor.
"Fatherhood is good but I'd like to help out more," he says. "It's sad because I can't run around and play with her. Life will never be as it was."
In February Dean testified at the trial of Bishop who had served just two years of a four year sentence for knifing two youths in 2005. Dean believes he should serve more than the minimum 20-year life sentence he got for killing Rob.
"They've got to be a lot, lot tougher and dish out harsher punishments," says Dean. "Kids think it's all right to go out carrying weapons - but one night and it can change everyone's lives."
WE'RE OFF TO CONFERENCES
THE News of the World's Save Our Streets roadshow is heading right into the midst of the very politicians who can change the laws - and YOU can join in.
We will be at the Labour Party Conference at the Brighthelm Centre in Brighton on September 30. Home Secretary Alan Johnson will be a panellist.
On October 7 we head to Manchester for the Tory Conference at the Moss Side Powerhouse.
Admittance is free but strictly by ticket only.
THE SUN
WE'RE OFF TO CONFERENCES
THE News of the World's Save Our Streets roadshow is heading right into the midst of the very politicians who can change the laws - and YOU can join in.
We will be at the Labour Party Conference at the Brighthelm Centre in Brighton on September 30. Home Secretary Alan Johnson will be a panellist.
On October 7 we head to Manchester for the Tory Conference at the Moss Side Powerhouse.
Admittance is free but strictly by ticket only.
MICHAEL OWEN insists he is still as good as ever.
Many critics claim the Manchester United striker is a shadow of the player who terrorised Premier League defences week in, week out during his time with Liverpool.
But Owen, who has been plagued by injuries throughout his career, is confident he will silence them by delivering the goods at Old Trafford.
The 29-year-old said: "I am not slower now than I was seven, eight years ago. No chance.
"With the hamstring problems early in my career, they knocked a yard off my pace.
"But since then I have been the same player and if anything I have improved.
"Game awareness is a good word for it. A lot of it is so instinctive it's hard to put down.
"It is your experience taking you into areas. I'm only 29 and I'm not past it."
Owen admits being continually left out of the England squad is hard to take after 40 goals in 89 caps.
But he refuses to give up hope of convincing Fabio Capello to pick him.
Owen added: "It's not an easy squad to get into with the results the team are getting at the minute.
"However, I'm as passionate as ever about extending my time with England."