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The FTD Brothers: Siblings at risk of dementia running across Britain

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Summary
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64% Informative

Jordan and Cian Adams are running the length of the UK from John O'Groats to Land's End .

They have a gene that can lead to frontotemporal dementia (FTD) like their mum, grandmother and aunt.

'We might only have 15 or 20 healthy summers left,' they said on BBC Breakfast .

The pair hope their 903-mile challenge will play a part in “finding a cure for dementia”.

VR Score

50

Informative language

40

Neutral language

29

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

38

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

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Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

2

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