Channel profile
Sky News
What Sky News chose to cover, what it left out, and how its agenda compares with the rest of the roster.
How much the agenda changed
This channel keeps some regular areas of focus while changing enough to follow the daily news cycle.
Stories this channel missed
Number of times this broadcaster did not cover stories that several other channels covered.
Time spent on news stories
57h 54m 33s of this channel's 72h 30m analysed was identified news stories — ad breaks, weather, sport and trails count as “not news”.
Recent broadcasts
The latest broadcasts behind this channel's analysis — open one to see its annotated timeline.
Sky News Today With Matt Barbet
Andy Burnham confirmed that two of PC Andrew Harper's killers will not be released early, and announced changes to the early release scheme excluding those convicted of manslaughter, causing or allowing a child's death, historical grooming, indecent assault, and death by dangerous driving. He also said he would deport foreign prisoners and end the IPP scheme. The mother of PC Harper expressed mixed feelings, and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner warned about risks to victims. A visit to a prison in Nottinghamshire highlighted overcrowding and concerns from staff about managing early releases and reliance on GPS tags.
Mornings with Jones and Melbourne
The broadcast begins with the disaster at the Nepal-Tibet border, where authorities reported 750 confirmed dead, around 3,000 missing, and 48 British people missing, up from 33 after China released figures. Rescue efforts continued, with more than 2,000 rescuers deployed, and a young girl was pulled from rubble after being heard crying. A report from Bharatpur described overwhelmed makeshift morgues with hundreds of bodies, forensic teams taking DNA samples before temporary graves, and families viewing images of victims in hopes of identifying loved ones.
The Wrap With Gillian Joseph
The broadcast opened with the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet, where the death toll had risen to nearly 700 with around 3,000 people still missing. Rescue efforts were hampered by bad weather, and a Sky News correspondent reported from an overwhelmed makeshift morgue in Bharatpur, where bodies were being identified through DNA sampling before burial. The UK had sent a rapid response team to support British nationals, with three Brits unaccounted for, including a South London temple founder, and families expressed desperation over the lack of information. Discussion noted the increasing flood risk linked to climate change and the geopolitical challenges of cross-border coordination between China and Nepal.
Sky News Today
Five years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Sky News reported on the Taliban's efforts to erase women and girls from public life, which has created a health crisis. Women cannot leave home without a male guardian, making medical help hard to access, and the country has stopped training female health workers, leading to a serious staff shortage. The report showed high numbers of baby deaths in a pediatric hospital, with doctors struggling to save children like Suleiman, who died shortly after filming. The Taliban have issued more than 800 edicts, at least 100 focused on women, and the UN has called the situation gender apartheid. Women described losing children in childbirth, and a former human rights lawyer now runs a sewing business after selling her jewellery. The Taliban declined interview requests, and a student studying online to be a radiologist noted improved security but criticised the ban on girls' education. One woman, with her identity hidden, said women are crying in silence, and girls still dream of becoming doctors but face unlikely futures unless Taliban policy changes radically.
On screen
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Repeatedly missed categories
Categories where this broadcaster often missed stories that other channels covered.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
Category trend (last 30 days)
How this channel's coverage changed by category over the past month.
Flagged quotes over time
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News agenda by category
How this channel divided its coverage compared with the cross-channel average.
Timeline
This channel's topic coverage day by day — what it ran, and how much time each story got.
Sunday 30 August 2026
Topics covered
environment
Nepal Floods
crime
Prisons
politics
Andy Burnham
politics
Israel
international
Nepal Earthquake
crime
Prison
sport
Sport
international
West Bank
Stories missed
No coverage gaps for this channel on this date.