Channel profile
Sky News
What Sky News chose to cover, what it left out, and how its agenda compares with the rest of the roster.
How much the agenda changed
This channel keeps some regular areas of focus while changing enough to follow the daily news cycle.
Stories this channel missed
Number of times this broadcaster did not cover stories that several other channels covered.
Time spent on news stories
48h 35m 56s of this channel's 60h 30m analysed was identified news stories — ad breaks, weather, sport and trails count as “not news”.
Recent broadcasts
The latest broadcasts behind this channel's analysis — open one to see its annotated timeline.
Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow
Andy Burnham made his first international trip as Prime Minister to Kyiv, where he marked Ukraine's 35th independence anniversary and planned to chair a session of the Coalition of the Willing. He announced the UK would declassify blueprints for Storm Shadow missiles to allow Ukraine to build them domestically, a move that drew a Kremlin response accusing Britain of taking part in the war. Landmarks in the UK were lit in Ukrainian colours, and the visit was framed as a renewed commitment to support Ukraine against Russia.
Mornings
Prime Minister Andy Burnham made his first international trip to Ukraine, meeting President Zelensky and chairing a session of the coalition of the willing, while the UK declassified missile information to help Ukraine build long-range weapons. Tributes were paid to two police officers killed in a head-on crash in Middlesbrough, with public donations surpassing £200,000; the crash followed a pursuit of a car with cloned plates. Concerns were raised about UK water storage after one of the driest summers on record, with only one new reservoir under construction in 35 years and a projected shortfall of five billion litres a day by 2050.
The Wrap With Gillian Joseph
The families of two police officers killed in a crash near Middlesbrough paid tribute, describing them as heroes. PC Tom Clough and PC Matthew Blades died when a car travelling the wrong way down the A66 hit their vehicle. The five young men in the other car also died. Investigators revealed the car had cloned plates and the pursuit was called off before the crash; the IOPC is examining evidence.
Sky News Today With Matt Barbet
Seven people died in a head-on crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough early on Saturday, including two on-duty police officers, PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough, whose police car was hit by a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way. Doorbell footage showed police vehicles chasing a car minutes before the collision, and the Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating. Tributes were paid by Cleveland Police's chief constable and the police and crime commissioner, who urged the public not to speculate while the investigation continues. A policing commentator explained how pursuits are managed and noted the unusual nature of the wrong-way collision.
On screen
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Repeatedly missed categories
Categories where this broadcaster often missed stories that other channels covered.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
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.
Distinctive vocabulary
Words and phrases this channel used far more often than the rest of UK TV news over the last 30 days. Distinctive vocabulary describes word choice relative to other channels, not accuracy or bias — terms reflect the stories a channel covered as much as how it framed them.
- shivers 20×+ more often · 20 uses
“welcome to the show sound and a male voice choir it's a sound that can put shivers down” Sky News Today with Jayne Secker · Wednesday 19 August 2026
- spine 15× more often · 20 uses
“his spine follow three welsh choirs on their road to competition voices of the valleys some” Sky News Today with Jayne Secker · Wednesday 19 August 2026
- sorted 9.4× more often · 35 uses
“Well, the forecast looks good so you've sorted the travel insurance then all clear travel insurance sponsors Sky News weather” Mornings · Monday 24 August 2026
- ensure 3.7× more often · 54 uses
“Embankments to ensure that it can safely hold up to 9 billion liters of water for decades to come” Mornings · Monday 24 August 2026
News agenda by category
How this channel divided its coverage compared with the cross-channel average.
Timeline
This channel's topic coverage day by day — what it ran, and how much time each story got.
Monday 24 August 2026
Topics covered
war
Ukraine
international
India
culture
Notting Hill Carnival
politics
Police
environment
Reservoirs
environment
Water
Stories missed
No coverage gaps for this channel on this date.