🇬🇧 United Kingdom

How much the world's press covers United Kingdom, from our daily GDELT aggregates

Stories yesterday

99,157

vs usual weekday

0.82×

Average tone

-1.3

Conflict share

25%

Stories per day — last 30 days

In the news — 2026-10-22

·Jackdaw Approved Again: Shell Welcomes North Sea Decision, but Government Sees No Material Reduction in Bills166 outlets

royaldutchshellplc.com

·UVic website restored amid global cybersecurity event150 outlets

cheknews.ca

·Why skills shortages are the price of cutting immigration148 outlets

www.personneltoday.com

·Hundreds of Alzheimer's patients to get ADHD drugs in world-leading trial - studies suggest pills could tackle dementia symptoms146 outlets

www.dailymail.com

·Calls for new public inquiry into City of Culture rejected143 outlets

www.coventrytelegraph.net

Last 14 days

Day	Stories	Tone	Conflict
2026-10-22	99,157	-1.3	25%
2026-10-21	90,633	-1.4	26%
2026-10-20	82,982	-0.9	24%
2026-10-19	84,496	-1.2	26%
2026-10-18	32,207	-1.0	24%
2026-10-17	71,796	-1.0	23%
2026-10-16	96,032	-1.2	24%
2026-10-15	123,878	-1.4	25%
2026-10-14	119,712	-1.2	24%
2026-10-13	89,979	-1.4	24%
2026-10-12	81,815	-1.3	25%
2026-10-11	50,264	-1.3	24%
2026-10-10	43,148	-1.5	26%
2026-10-09	87,686	-1.5	28%

Counts are stories mentioning United Kingdom in GDELT's open event data. Tone is GDELT's average document tone (negative = grimmer coverage); conflict share is the portion of events classed as verbal or material conflict.