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Articles published per 4 hours, every source we read — not only the ones that formed a trend. Pale bars are still filling. Two thirds of an hour arrives within half an hour of publication and three quarters within ninety minutes; the rest trickles in over the next day or two, mostly from outlets we have only just started reading.
Top stories — last 7 days
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DIY SOS shelved by BBC after 27 years culture
- Nick Knowles: How the DIY SOS presenter survived Strictly, singing, and Shreddies scandals — www.the-independent.com
- Nick Knowles fights back tears on live TV – days before DIY SOS ‘rested’ by BBC — www.the-independent.com
- DIY SOS dealt crushing blow as part of BBC’s £500,000,000 ‘savings challenges’ — metro.co.uk
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UK Budget tax hikes on banks and YouTube politics
- Scottish Government spends £107 million, £107 000 per householder, of your taxes on flood defences, BBC Scotland report — talkingupscotlandtwo.com
- IMF Tells Healey to Look at Pensions and Welfare, Not Banks — thedailybrief.co.uk
- Cut public spending rather than raising taxes on banks, IMF warns Healey — www.independent.co.uk
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Celebrity Traitors show success culture
- I've found Claudia Winkleman's exact outfits from Celebrity Traitors — www.standard.co.uk
- BBC stars involved in horror shooting as mum speaks out — www.express.co.uk
- Traitors' Charlotte Berman reveals how producers keep stars on edge - from controlling the heating to banning them from — www.dailymail.com
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Trump lawsuit against BBC and media strategy politics
- Judge orders Trump to give deposition in BBC lawsuit by Dec 11 — pressnewsagency.org
- Trump Ordered to Answer Questions Under Oath in $10 Billion BBC Lawsuit After Cancelling His Deposition — www.ibtimes.co.uk
- Trump ordered by judge to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against the BBC — www.joe.co.uk
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BBC Three axe and licence fee changes culture
- Tories slam ‘unfair’ YouTube tax plan as millions abandon BBC licence fee — www.the-independent.com
- Tories slam ‘unfair’ Youtube tax plan as millions abandon BBC licence fee — www.independent.co.uk
- BBC star insists 'people need choice' over licence fee — www.express.co.uk
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Strictly Come Dancing backlash and casting drama culture
- Josh Widdicombe’s co-star admits 'worries' for Strictly host due to off-screen struggle — www.express.co.uk
- Brendan Cole is complaining about Strictly yet again after his cruel Amy Dowden comments — metro.co.uk
- Josh Widdicombe shares behind-the-scenes photos from his first month on Strictly as he jokes about his 'journey' on the — www.dailymail.com
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Monty Don quits Gardeners' World culture
- Monty Don's replacement odds change ahead of his final Gardeners' World episode — www.standard.co.uk
- BBC Return to Paradise return date confirmed and fans don't have long to wait — www.express.co.uk
- This simple compost rule from Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh keeps rats from overrunning my garden every autumn — www.netmums.com
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BBC secures major sporting event for first time in 25 years sport
- Kate Squire to leave BBC after almost 42 years — radiotoday.co.uk
- Where iconic Snog, Marry, Avoid contestants are now 15 years later as BBC Three TV channel to be axed — www.ladbible.com
- BBC could lose F1 rights after 32 years with rival broadcaster 'actively exploring' bid — www.express.co.uk
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Trump and Meghan Markle feud society
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BBC axes new studio plans for popular series culture
- The schoolgirl comic strip sparking surge in Japanese tourists to world's most beautiful village: Bizarre Tokyo animatio — www.dailymail.com
- The schoolgirl comic strip sparking surge in Japanese tourists to world's most beautiful village: Bizarre Tokyo animatio — www.dailymail.com
- 6 of the best TV shows coming this week starting with BBC's 'raw and gritty' returning crime series — www.digitalspy.com
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Trump legal battles and media attacks politics
- Karoline Leavitt takes brutal shot at Katie Zacharia after five-day stint as Trump's new press secretary — www.dailymail.com
- Karoline Leavitt takes brutal shot at Katie Zacharia after five-day stint as Trump's new press secretary — www.dailymail.com
- Karoline Leavitt weighs in on 5-day tenure of successor Katie Zacharia — www.the-independent.com
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Doctor Who return date revealed by BBC culture
- Who is the NHS Doctor Behind the Controversial Palestine Poppy? — www.desiblitz.com
- Doctor Who legend Tom Baker delivers advice to next Doctor actor as show is put out to tender — www.radiotimes.com
- Genius doctor whose powers of deduction helped him diagnose patients at a glance... and who was the inspiration for the — www.dailymail.com
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UK media and broadcasting updates culture
- Rylan Clark hailed a 'saviour' by colleagues at Radio 2 for speaking out about his BBC salary — www.dailymail.com
- Rylan Clark hailed a 'saviour' by colleagues at Radio 2 for speaking out about his BBC salary — www.dailymail.com
- Why the recent BBC decision to close Radio 4 Extra is a terrible mistake — www.radiotimes.com
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David Sullivan sues BBC Panorama defamation culture
- Trump ordered to sit for deposition in defamation case against BBC — pressnewsagency.org
- Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition as BBC defamation lawsuit backfires — www.dailymail.com
- Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition as BBC defamation lawsuit backfires — www.dailymail.com
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Strictly Come Dancing controversy and cast changes culture
- Strictly Come Dancing viewers spot huge mistake BBC missed as Sarah sent home on Sunday — www.express.co.uk
- Strictly star forced to leave BBC show immediately as they issue emotional statement — www.express.co.uk
- Strictly 2026 results: Dame Sarah Storey and Julian Caillon are the third couple to be voted out after their Tango fails — www.dailymail.com
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UK BBC restructuring society
- Match Of The Day star Kelly Cates can't wipe the smile off her face as she and boyfriend Mark Chapman are seen together — www.dailymail.com
- Match Of The Day star Kelly Cates can't wipe the smile off her face as she and boyfriend Mark Chapman are seen together — www.dailymail.com
- BBC halts civil servant scheme after impartiality row over government staff being sent into the newsroom to write and fa — www.dailymail.com
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Stephen Walker tributes after BBC journalist death culture
- Why closure of BBC Scotland channel was sad but inevitable – Stephen Jardine — www.scotsman.com
- STEPHEN GLOVER: Even its own bosses have little idea just how much of the BBC has been captured by Left-wing ideologues — www.dailymail.com
- STEPHEN GLOVER: Even its own bosses have little idea just how much of the BBC has been captured by Left-wing ideologues — www.dailymail.com
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Prince Harry attends King of Norway funeral culture
- Meghan Markle's friends accuse Netflix of 'using' her to promote The Gentlemen as Guy Ritchie gives verdict — www.ladbible.com
- Meghan's friends claim she was 'used' by Netflix to promote Guy Ritchie's series The Gentlemen — www.standard.co.uk
- Meghan Markle was 'used' by Netflix to promote Guy Ritchie's series The Gentlemen, friends claim — www.dailymail.com
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Celebrity Traitors TV show coverage culture
- Celebrity Traitors' Ross Kemp is murdered in plain sight after he falls into Maya Jama and James Acaster's 'yawning' tra — www.dailymail.com
- Celebrity Traitors viewing figures released by BBC after Joe Lycett banished — www.the-independent.com
- Cashing in from their time in the castle! As James Blunt gets his knuckles rapped by BBC for advertising £1,600 suit, he — www.dailymail.com
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BBC cost-cutting and Amol Rajan warning society
- Celebrity Traitors' Ross Kemp is murdered in plain sight after he falls into Maya Jama and James Acaster's 'yawning' tra — www.dailymail.com
- Celebrity Traitors viewing figures released by BBC after Joe Lycett banished — www.the-independent.com
- Cashing in from their time in the castle! As James Blunt gets his knuckles rapped by BBC for advertising £1,600 suit, he — www.dailymail.com
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UK BBC funding crisis business
- BBC Countryfile's Matt Baker's mum opens up on 'handing over' family farm — www.express.co.uk
- BBC Saturday Kitchen presenter Matt Tebbutt addresses guest's 'fruity language' — www.express.co.uk
- Major update on plan to extend BBC TV licence to Amazon, Netflix and Disney Plus — www.express.co.uk
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BBC cuts sketches from comedy show culture
- Motherland creator Sharon Horgan reveals Liam Gallagher almost had a cameo in the hit BBC comedy after he confessed it i — www.dailymail.com
- Motherland creator Sharon Horgan reveals Liam Gallagher almost had a cameo in the hit BBC comedy after he confessed it i — www.dailymail.com
- UUP MP tables motion appealing to BBC Northern Ireland not to cut 'Give My Head Peace' comedy show — www.newsletter.co.uk
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UK Strictly Come Dancing controversy culture
- Shirley Ballas reveals which celebrity has impressed her the most on Strictly Come Dancing 2026 — www.radiotimes.com
- Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas's new role in Dancing with the Stars revealed — www.radiotimes.com
- Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke mocks Shirley Ballas after mistake live on air — www.radiotimes.com
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BBC axed RuPaul's Drag Race UK after eight series culture
- RuPaul’s Drag Race UK among BBC shows being axed in £500m cuts — www.the-independent.com
- All the BBC shows and channels cancelled as part of huge £500m spending cuts — www.the-independent.com
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UK Culture culture
- BBC Three to close again after Drag Race UK and I Kissed A Girl/Boy axings — www.attitude.co.uk
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Queen Camilla's new documentary on reading culture
- Queen Camilla's New BBC Documentary Left Me Amazed - How One Book Can Change Someone's Life — www.theroyalobserver.com
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