Topic Lifecycle: Dormant

This topic is currently dormant in the news cycle. It was last covered on Tuesday 20 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

Stills are sampled automatically at 60-second intervals. Where shown, the still is the nearest available frame from the relevant broadcast segment and is included to show what was on screen during that part of the broadcast. A still may not correspond to the exact second of a quoted phrase.

Channel 5, 5 News at Lunchtime, 18 August 2026
Channel 5, 5 News at Lunchtime, 20 October 2026
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 20 October 2026
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 20 October 2026

Recent stories

The latest story timelines linked to this topic, newest activity first.

Updated Tuesday 20 October 2026

Dormant

UK unemployment falls to 4.7% as wage growth picks up

UK unemployment has fallen to 4.7% in the three months to August, the lowest in more than a year, while average wage growth rose to 3.7% and vacancies fell to 691,000.

3 channels

Updated Tuesday 18 August 2026

Dormant

UK unemployment holds at 4.9% as vacancies fall

UK unemployment stayed at 4.9% in the three months to June, with vacancies falling and private sector wage growth slowing to a near six-year low.

1 channel

What was reported

A plain summary of this topic, built from the channels that covered it.

No neutral summary available for this topic.

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
Tuesday 20 October 2026 12s 0.6% ——— 4m 31s 9.6% ———
Tuesday 18 August 2026 21s 1.0% ———————