Topic Lifecycle: Dormant

This topic is currently dormant in the news cycle. It was last covered on Sunday 4 October 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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BBC News, 4 October 2026
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 4 October 2026
BBC News, 4 October 2026
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 4 October 2026
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 4 October 2026
BBC News, 4 October 2026
ITV, ITV News, 4 October 2026
BBC One, BBC News, 4 October 2026
BBC News, 4 October 2026
Sky News, Sky News Today, 4 October 2026
BBC One, BBC News, 4 October 2026
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 4 October 2026
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 4 October 2026
ITV, ITV Evening News, 4 October 2026
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 4 October 2026
BBC News, Newscast, 4 October 2026
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 4 October 2026
ITV, ITV News, 4 October 2026
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 4 October 2026

Recent stories

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Updated Sunday 4 October 2026

Dormant

Alex Norris scraps judge-only trials as court backlog set to keep rising

Justice Secretary Alex Norris has dropped plans for judge-only trials in most cases in England and Wales, but the Crown Court backlog is still rising and early releases face probation warnings.

7 channels

Updated Tuesday 1 September 2026

Dormant

Government confirms killers excluded from early release as prison space plan unveiled

The government has confirmed that anyone convicted of unlawful killing will be excluded from early release, while unveiling plans to create more prison space.

8 channels

Updated Monday 31 August 2026

Dormant

PM expands early release exclusions to keep PC Harper killers in jail

Andy Burnham has expanded the prison early release exclusions to cover all forms of manslaughter, meaning PC Andrew Harper's killers will stay behind bars.

8 channels

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What was reported

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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
Sunday 4 October 2026 ———— 9m 36s 37.2% ———
Tuesday 11 August 2026 36s 1.8% ———————