Topic Lifecycle: Peaking

This topic is currently peaking in attention. Broadcasters dedicated 130s of airtime to it on Wednesday 30 September 2026, up 1.4x from the previous completed appearance.

Coverage trend (last 30 days)

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

On screen

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BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 16 September 2026
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 29 September 2026
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ITV, ITV Evening News, 30 September 2026

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Updated Wednesday 30 September 2026

Peaking

Sunderland river crash: police name three teenagers and arrest 17-year-old

A car came off the road into the River Wear in Sunderland, killing two teenage boys and a teenage girl. A 17-year-old has been arrested.

2 channels

Updated Wednesday 16 September 2026

Dormant

Sunderland beat AZ Alkmaar 1-0 on their European return

Sunderland secured a 1-0 victory over AZ Alkmaar in their Europa League match, marking their return to European competition after 53 years.

1 channel

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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
Wednesday 30 September 2026 —— 2m 10s 2.2% —————
Tuesday 29 September 2026 —— 1m 32s 1.5% —————
Wednesday 16 September 2026 —— 1m 31s 1.5% —————