News article style comparison

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-21711661
This is a BBC news article about a recent story of a 16 year old girl killed on a bus on her way to school. This article is very factual and there is not much opinion coming from the writer. Most opinions are quoted and is set out in quite short sentences and paragraphs.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290155/Christina-Edkins-Knifeman-pictured-calmly-waiting-bus-following-fatal-attack.htmlBy Paul Bentley and Nick Fagge

This is another article about the same incident from the daily mail. This is quite factual but is written as more of a story than the BBC article. There are more opinions and emotion written in this article and the sentences are longer, making it more like telling the story of what happened rather than just stating the facts. 

Comparison
The main differences between the two articles are that the BBC article is more factual and less opinionated than the daily mail article. The second is written to tell the story of what had and is happening regarding the case. Also, the BBC article is much shorter and only states facts of what happened. 

This tells us that the purpose of the first article was to say what had happened (mostly in facts) and it helps us to understand that the audience may be well educated middle to upper class adults as it is mostly factual as they can see a balanced argument and form their own opinion. The daily mail article had more of a purpose to tell the story of what happened and is less factual and one sided as its audience wants more 'gossip' than facts.