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First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Ocean scene: before and after overfishing

What do emptier waters look like? This web aquarium shows declining fish populations over the past 100 years - and it uses more than 200 datasets to do it. We recommend that you closely analyse the data showing that the population of big fish has been ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Declination

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Civil partnerships and marriage: predicting impact

Heterosexual civil partnerships are on the cards for the UK, thanks to a tabled amendment to government plans on gay marriage. Is there any evidence as to how many people want them?Read the reality check from Shiv Malik here Get the data More data ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]

Entities: Heterosexuality, Shiv Malik, Gay

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

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Critics of big data have overlooked the speed factor

Velocity, not volume is increasingly what determines the hardware and software needs of data-processing organisations• More from the Guardian's series on big data Critics of big data are picking holes in its validity as a concept, but there is a ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]

Entities: Big Data, Velocity, Yahoo! Inc, Paul Maritz, Limiting Factor

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

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Do fewer fires in Britain justify rescue service cuts?

A review of England's fire and rescue services has found it could be saving nearly £200 million per year. Firefighters are already claiming that this is nothing more than a cover for cuts. We take a closer look Get the data More data journalism and ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: England, United Kingdom, Flickr

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

UK Census: the toll of being an unpaid carer

5.78 million people in Britain do it, but what is the impact of providing unpaid care? As part of its continuing work after the 2011 census, the Office for National Statistics has taken a look• Get the data • More data journalism and data visualisations ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]

Entities: Census, United Kingdom, Wales, England, Flickr

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Eurovision 2013: who's going to win?

The Eurovision 2013 final is upon us, but who does the data say will win – and will Bonnie Tyler be totally eclipsed?• Get the voting data It's finally here: the eve of the kitschest night of the year: the Eurovision song contest. While for most ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: Bonnie Tyler, Greece, Azerbaijan, Germany

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Harriet Harman

TV presenters after 50: which channels hire older women?

New figures published by Harriet Harman show 82% of presenters on TV over the age of 50 are men. Which broadcasters are best and worst?• Get the data • More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian A shocking 82% of broadcast presenters ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]

Entities: Harriet Harman, ITV Plc, Channel 4, BBC British Broadcasting Corp

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

How many parents are really paying child maintenance?

The Department for Work and Pensions says 81% of non-resident parents pay the maintenance they should – but a charity says the real figure's much lower. What's going on? With over one million cases on its books, the Child Support Agency - which calculates, ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]

Entities: Child Support Agency, misleading, Cathy Jamieson, Liability

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

7m 'have never used internet'

7m adults in the UK have never used the internet, according to new figures from the ONS• Get the data • More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian It is everywhere. You are reading this from it. We are so used to it, it may come ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 15 2013]

Entities: United Kingdom, Flickr, Datastore

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

The Shakespeare review: what's the future of UK open data?

Stephan Shakespeare, CEO of YouGov, has published his independent review into open government data in the UK. What's he said, what's he missed, and what will it mean? The UK is the world leader on open government data, according to YouGov CEO and Open ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 15 2013]

Entities: Stephan Shakespeare, United Kingdom, Companies House, YouGov Plc

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Breast cancer: worldwide and UK trends

As well as sparking a debate about treatment, Angelina Jolie's article about her double mastectomy may prompt many women to evaluate their breast cancer risk • Get the data • More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian Angelina ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 14 2013]

Entities: Breast Cancer, Cancer, United Kingdom, Hepatitis B Virus, BRCA1

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Metadata: the rise of data on the web and in search

We don't have much data on data itself – but even scratching the surface, its rise is undoubtable• Download the data • More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian We're hearing more and more about the 'rise of data'. Maybe you're ... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 14 2013]

Entities: Metadata, Microsoft Excel, Google Inc

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...costs for amending the bill have varied between £90m to £4bn - leading critics such as the Conservative MP Tim Loughton to brand the numbers as " back of fag packet scaremongering ". While Shiv Malik is taking a look at how the numbers stack upup on the reality check blog , we're considering the number of people the legislation is likely to affect. Peter Tatchell, sponsor of Equal Love , a group campaigning in favour of both same-sex civil marriage and opposite-sex civil partnerships, said "you can't put a price on equality. When it comes to equal rights, cost should not be a factor". He added, "if civil partnerships were made available to heterosexual couples in the UK there would probably be a similar significant take up". We're not so sure. For one thing, there's a difference between short-term and long-term demand - as demonstrated by the number of civil partnerships in the UK which fell quite steadily from 16,106 in 2006 to just 6,795 in 2011. The Datablog covered all the numbers the last time that the Office for National Statistics released data on civil partnerships in July 2012. Here are some of the main statistics that came out of our analysis then (you can find these, and more, in the data link below) The number of people entering a civil partnerships (106,834) was five times the number initially predictedThe average age for entering a civil partnership was just over 40 for men and 38 for women1,768 civil partnerships were dissolved between 2007 and 2011 Given that heterosexual couples have the option of marriage (which currently offers a preferable pension to widowed partners than a civil partnership) it seems unlikely that heterosexual civil partnerships will see the same intial uptake."

Civil partnerships and marriage: predicting impact [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]

...in emergency incidents in the last decade" but also addresses the potential accusation of cuts head-on (if in somewhat obtuse language) by adding: "I am cognisant of the time in which this review is published, a time of austerity which is likely to continue with downward pressure on public expenditure" . Saying that savings of £196m a year are possible for England's fire and rescue services is no small claim – so we've decided to take a looklook at...

Do fewer fires in Britain justify rescue service cuts? [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013]

...The second of these is known as Maintenance Direct, and, given that it is probably less costly, the DWP " want them [parents] to actively consider Maintenance Direct in the first instance ". According to their most recent release, 188,900 of the cases which the CSA deals with are Maintenance Direct - which represents of 21% of all cases where a parent was considered liable for child maintenance payments. Gingerbread chief executive Fiona Weir said: "The DWP itself predicts that as more families set up direct payments, once the new child maintenance service starts charging to collect, only one in four (28%) of these arrangements will be paid in full and on time. The department cannot therefore claim to believe that all existing direct pay arrangements are compliant, and it seems extraordinary that it would continue to over-claim in this way. We contacted the DWP for comment but at the time of writing, have yet to receive a reply."

How many parents are really paying child maintenance? [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]

...Harman does believe that the production of these statistics from the broadcasters shows promise and is "encouraging", she also thinks there is "a combination of ageism and sexism that hits women on TV that doesn't apply to men." The figures shine a light on an issue that broadcasters have faced increasing criticism for...

TV presenters after 50: which channels hire older women? [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]

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Ocean scene: before and after overfishing [Published News: Datablog \| guardian.co.uk - 9 hours ago] What do emptier waters look like? This web aquarium shows declining fish populations over the past 100 years - and it uses more than 200 datasets to do it. We recommend that you closely analyse the data showing that the population of big fish has been ...
Civil partnerships and marriage: predicting impact [Published News: Datablog \| guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013] Heterosexual civil partnerships are on the cards for the UK, thanks to a tabled amendment to government plans on gay marriage. Is there any evidence as to how many people want them?Read the reality check from Shiv Malik here Get the data More data ...
Critics of big data have overlooked the speed f... [Published News: Datablog \| guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013] Velocity, not volume is increasingly what determines the hardware and software needs of data-processing organisations• More from the Guardian's series on big data Critics of big data are picking holes in its validity as a concept, but there is a ...
Do fewer fires in Britain justify rescue servic... [Published News: Datablog \| guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013] A review of England's fire and rescue services has found it could be saving nearly £200 million per year. Firefighters are already claiming that this is nothing more than a cover for cuts. We take a closer look Get the data More data journalism and ...
Eurovision 2013: who's going to win? [Published News: Datablog \| guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013] The Eurovision 2013 final is upon us, but who does the data say will win – and will Bonnie Tyler be totally eclipsed?• Get the voting data It's finally here: the eve of the kitschest night of the year: the Eurovision song contest. While for most ...