Topic Lifecycle: Fading

This topic is fading from the news cycle. Coverage has dropped to 9s, down 57% from its peak of 21s on Saturday 1 August 2026.

Coverage trend (last 30 days)

How much coverage this topic got from each channel over the past month.

On screen

Stills are sampled automatically at 60-second intervals. Where shown, the still is the nearest available frame from the relevant broadcast segment and is included to show what was on screen during that part of the broadcast. A still may not correspond to the exact second of a quoted phrase.

BBC News, 1 August 2026
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 29 August 2026

Recent stories

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Updated Saturday 29 August 2026

Emerging

Man dies at church festival in West Sussex

Strike action and engineering works are causing significant disruption to rail services across the network.

1 channel

Updated Saturday 1 August 2026

Dormant

East Midlands Railway RMT strike goes ahead after failed talks

The RMT union's strike on East Midlands Railway proceeded after negotiations over train safety failed to reach an agreement.

1 channel

What was reported

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Timeline

Where this topic appeared. Cells show coverage time and are darker when there was more coverage.

Date Channel 5 BBC News BBC One BBC Two Channel 4 GB News ITV Sky News
Saturday 29 August 2026 9s 11.3%
Saturday 1 August 2026 21s 0.3%