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1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition and why does it appeal to Times readers?

The main cover story is about world leaders coming together to have a meeting about the issue of climate change. This would appeal to their audience as most of their audience like to read hard news.

2) List the other news stories and kickers on the front page of the Times CSP edition. Why do you think the Times selected these for the front page?

The second story on the times news paper is about Macron Giving in ultimatum in fishing row. A fight between France and UK presenting them as rivals.

The kicker is about the super rich elite looking out to hair more skilled stuff and featuring a stereotypical British butler name 'Jeeves'.

3) What is the main story on the inside page of the Times CSP edition and how is it constructed to appeal to Times readers? 


4) How are the Times front and inside pages designed to reflect broadsheet newspaper conventions?

- The times pages are designed to reflect their upper class audience from including lot's or writings and less images as well as offering hard news  that their audience will be interested in  as well as  high vocabulary words.

5) What does a close analysis of the news stories in the Times CSP edition suggest about the Times's political beliefs?
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