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How much the agenda changed

Moderate
30.4% day-to-day change

This channel keeps some regular areas of focus while changing enough to follow the daily news cycle.

Stories this channel missed

Several missed
6 missed stories recorded

Number of times this broadcaster did not cover stories that several other channels covered.

Time spent on news stories

81% of analysed airtime

57h 32m 57s of this channel's 71h 20m analysed was identified news stories — ad breaks, weather, sport and trails count as “not news”.

Recent broadcasts

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Thursday 13 August 2026 · 22:00 BST

BBC News and Weather

A train derailed in East Sussex on Thursday afternoon, with around 150 passengers on board; two were seriously injured and three carriages ended on their sides. Network Rail and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch began inquiries, and the line between Lewes and Haywards Heath was expected to close for some time. Elsewhere, multiple fires broke out across the West Midlands, including in Stourbridge, where a child and three firefighters were taken to hospital, as temperatures peaked above 38 degrees Celsius on the hottest day of the year. An amber extreme heat warning was expanded, and England's A&E departments faced record demand. In Europe, a Swiss mountain collapse and thawing permafrost highlighted the heatwave's effects, while in the UK, Wisley Common had gone 57 days without rain. A 102-year-old man died after an alleged assault at a pub in South Wales, and police arrested a 56-year-old man. In the Clacton by-election, triggered by Nigel Farage's resignation, a record 34 candidates stood, with counting underway.

7 stories · 30m
Thursday 13 August 2026 · 18:00 BST

BBC News

The broadcast opened with a passenger train derailing in Sussex, with three carriages on their side and a large emergency response. A passenger described visible head injuries among fellow travellers, and later reporting indicated that the incident might not be as serious as initially feared, with passengers walking away from the scene.

5 stories · 30m
Wednesday 12 August 2026 · 22:00 BST

BBC News and Weather

The solar eclipse was the top story, with millions across the UK and Europe witnessing the celestial event. In the UK, up to 96% of the sun was obscured in Cornwall, while a total eclipse was visible in parts of Spain and Iceland. Crowds gathered across the country, and the event was described as a once-in-a-generation spectacle.

8 stories · 30m
Wednesday 12 August 2026 · 18:00 BST

BBC News

The broadcast led with extensive coverage of a significant partial solar eclipse across the UK, with live reports from Greenwich, Cornwall, and Spain. The eclipse was described as the best since 1999, with up to 96% coverage in Cornwall and a total eclipse visible in Spain and Iceland. Viewers were advised on safe viewing methods, and the next total eclipse in the UK was noted as 2090. The programme then reported on the sentencing of Simon Levy, a convicted sex offender who received a whole life order for murdering two women and raping another, with the Metropolitan Police admitting system failures.

4 stories · 30m

On screen

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Category trend (last 30 days)

How this channel's coverage changed by category over the past month.

Flagged quotes over time

Contested and charged quotes per hour of analysed airtime. Flagged quotes reflect the language this broadcaster aired, not a judgement of its accuracy.

News agenda by category

How this channel divided its coverage compared with the cross-channel average.

politics 10h 11m 34s (17.8%) vs 25.0% avg
Channel
Global
crime 8h 41m 29s (15.2%) vs 13.6% avg
Channel
Global
sport 7h 54m 35s (13.8%) vs 10.8% avg
Channel
Global
environment 6h 57m 13s (12.1%) vs 9.8% avg
Channel
Global
international 5h 7m 25s (8.9%) vs 11.9% avg
Channel
Global
media 4h 7m 15s (7.2%) vs 4.5% avg
Channel
Global
health 3h 56m 23s (6.9%) vs 5.7% avg
Channel
Global
war 2h 4m 20s (3.6%) vs 3.7% avg
Channel
Global
immigration 1h 16m 16s (2.2%) vs 4.6% avg
Channel
Global
science 1h 14m 59s (2.2%) vs 2.2% avg
Channel
Global
transport 1h 9m 42s (2.0%) vs 1.1% avg
Channel
Global
economy 51m 38s (1.5%) vs 2.3% avg
Channel
Global

Timeline

This channel's topic coverage day by day — what it ran, and how much time each story got.

Thursday 13 August 2026

Topics covered

politics

Education

7m 32s airtime

environment

Heatwave

13m 19s airtime

transport

Rail

8m 50s airtime

media

Athletics

1m 48s airtime

crime

Metropolitan Police

2m 6s airtime

politics

Nigel Farage

1m 31s airtime

international

West Bank

3m 12s airtime

politics

Russia

4m 24s airtime

war

Russia-Ukraine War

4m 29s airtime

Stories missed

No coverage gaps for this channel on this date.