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New chief scout tells how group helped after stabbing

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77% Informative

Dwayne Fields is the first black Briton to reach the North Pole .

The 41-year-old says attending Scouts helped him avoid growing up "on the wrong side of the tracks" He says he wants to use his tenure to show Scouts is "a family for absolutely anyone" Mr Fields was stabbed twice when he was 19 and had a gun pointed at him.

VR Score

82

Informative language

80

Neutral language

86

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

31

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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1

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