ERROR: View is always returning the four first records of the db

controller.php

/**
     * Get the front-end for the nws items.
     *
     * @see    GET|HEAD:    http://www.domain.tld/news
     * @return blade view.
     */
    public function index()
    {
        // Needed data for the pagination. 
        $query = Articles::with(['comments', 'author', 'categories']); 
        $page  = ($this->uri->segment(3)) ? $this->uri->segment(3) : 0;

        $this->pagination->initialize($this->paginationConfig(base_url('news/'), $query->count(), 4, 3));

        $data['title']      = 'Nieuws';
        $data['news']       = $query->skip($page)->take(4)->get();
        $data['categories'] = NewsCategories::all();
        $data['links']      = $this->pagination->create_links(); 

        return $this->blade->render('news/index', $data);
    }


    /**
     * Pagination config
     *
     * @param  string   $baseUrl     The base url for the page.
     * @param  int      $totalRows   The amount off rows of the query.
     * @param  int      $perPage     Amount of data rows per page.
     * @param  int      $segment     The URI segment.
     * @return array    $config
     */
    public function paginationConfig($baseUrl, $totalRows, $perPage, $segment)
    {
        $config['base_url']     = $baseUrl;
        $config['total_rows']   = $totalRows;
        $config['per_page']     = $perPage;
        $config['uri_segement'] = $segment;
        $config['num_links']    = round($config['total_rows'] / $config['per_page']);

        $config['page_query_string']    = true;
        // $config['use_page_numbers']  = TRUE;
        $config['query_string_segment'] = 'page';
        $config['full_tag_open']        = '<ul class="pagination pagination-sm">';
        $config['full_tag_close']       = '</ul><!--pagination-->';
        $config['first_link']           = '&laquo; First';
        $config['first_tag_open']       = '<li class="prev page">';
        $config['first_tag_close']      = '</li>';
        $config['last_link']            = 'Last &raquo;';
        $config['last_tag_open']        = '<li class="next page">';
        $config['last_tag_close']       = '</li>';
        $config['next_link']            = 'Volgende &rarr;';
        $config['next_tag_open']        = '<li class="next page">';
        $config['next_tag_close']       = '</li>';
        $config['prev_link']            = '&larr; Vorige';
        $config['prev_tag_open']        = '<li class="prev page">';
        $config['prev_tag_close']       = '</li>';
        $config['cur_tag_open']         = '<li class="active"><a href="">';
        $config['cur_tag_close']        = '</a></li>';
        $config['num_tag_open']         = '<li class="page">';
        $config['num_tag_close']        = '</li>';
        // $config['display_pages']     = FALSE;
        //
        $config['anchor_class']         = 'follow_link';

        return $config;
    }
}