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ht tp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-41373466 'The energy firm said electric cars and a shift to electric heating could send demand for power soaring.' This article is very ironic, due to the increasing climate change people have made an attempt to better themselves and become more eco-friendly through buying electric cars and changing to electric heating. This sudden change in car and home power has likely to have arisen from the increased marketing on being more sustainable for our planet and the species living upon it. Also more and more car manufactures are creating hybrid or electronic cars, as the article states this is creating a further demand for power which will essentially still harm the planet but in a different way to gas heating and fuelled cars. Although this is a step in the right direction it is still not entirely sustainable for our planet, one the most sustainable methods of power for houses is renewable energy such as s...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41366504 Location and size of the iceberg on the Antarctic Peninsula ' Widening gap: The picture contains data gathered on 13 and 16 September' This news article is sad for anyone to view, the images show a visual display of global warming effecting icebergs in the antarctic. Visually being able to see how large the icebergs which have edged out to sea are is not always something we would come by within an everyday news article, this makes this particular article very informative and eye opening. The size comparison to well known countries is just astonishing to see and allows readers to see the real impact of global warming and climate change. When it meets the south Atlantic it will become the largest iceberg within that area of our oceans causing worry that this will only get worse with bigger icebergs the size of bigger countries submerging into the sea, the human race needs to join together in discovering ways of i...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/28/researchers-find-culture-of-nepotism-in-british-film-industry It is astonishing that this even appears as an article in this modern day as it should no longer exist. It is good that large film companies such as Lucas film have noticed this problem and are trying to change the sad fact that diversity needs to still be improved within the film industry, they have created a plan to change this with supporting funds from the national lottery. A audit on film employment displayed shocking statistics on the lack of diversity and people not being acknowledged due to being from less advantaged backgrounds. The audit also displayed the lack of workers with a disability and that 40% of the industry were females getting paid on average £3000 less than males. All of these figures are proof that the film industry is extremely old fashioned and needs to completely modernise itself to even begin to look as fair and diverse as other arts industries...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/20/british-cinema-gender-imbalance-worse-2017-bfi-filmography The vast amount of time for progression between these years would make anyone assume that there has been a large positive change of the gender imbalance within the film industry. This article displays the opposite of this assumption, even though the change within gender equality has been very positive for women since 1913.  "BFI’s new Filmography survey shows 31% of actors cast in films produced 104 years ago were women, with 2017’s figure 30%" The 1% difference is very significant in visually making industry professionals and audiences aware of the lack of females starring in films. This is highly likely to come as a shock to most as there are countless numbers of incredible actresses appearing in films every week in the box office, making it understandable that audiences wouldn't pay much attention to the fact that most of the cast are male. In the mode...