Topic Lifecycle: Dormant

This topic is currently dormant in the news cycle. It was last covered on Friday 7 August 2026 and has not appeared in recent broadcasts.

Coverage trend (last 30 days)

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

On screen

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Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 6 August 2026
BBC ONE West, BBC News, 6 August 2026
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 6 August 2026
BBC ONE West, BBC News and Weather, 6 August 2026
ITV1, ITV News at Ten, 6 August 2026
BBC NEWS, BBC News, 7 August 2026
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 7 August 2026
5, 5 News at Lunchtime, 7 August 2026
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 7 August 2026
BBC ONE West, BBC News, 7 August 2026

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Updated Friday 7 August 2026

Dormant

Power failure at Network Rail operations centre causes train disruption

A power failure at a Network Rail operations centre caused major train disruptions across northwest England and the Midlands, affecting services.

6 channels

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Timeline

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Date Channel 5 BBC News BBC One BBC Two Channel 4 GB News ITV Sky News
Friday 7 August 2026 2m 1.9%
Thursday 6 August 2026 4m 41s 11.8%