How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 13,072 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Immigration More than usual
   2.0% of the news · usually 0.6% · 3.2× usual · 266 articles
   • BBC confirms complaints after both Celeb Traitors winners donate to refugees (walesonline.co.uk)
   • BBC responds to complaints over Celebrity Traitors winners' refugee charities (aol.co.uk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 24% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. AI More than usual
   1.7% of the news · usually 1.1% · 1.6× usual · 217 articles
   • Norway, Britain agree to deepen AI cooperation (theuknews.com)
   • The rise of 'housefishing' - when does using AI go from enhancing to misleading? (bbc.co.uk)
3. Jobs and work More than usual
   1.4% of the news · usually 0.9% · 1.6× usual · 176 articles
   • Baronial mansion near Glasgow with indoor pool listed for £1.9m (heraldscotland.com)
   • Five tests for the Milburn review - and the government's response to it (neweconomics.org)

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. War and security
   1.1% of the news · usually 2.5% · 147 articles
   • Rock legends Foo Fighters tease huge North East gig in 2027 as clues spotted in 'shock' location (chroniclelive.co.uk)
   • 'This is mental!' Rock legends Foo Fighters drop huge hint they're playing Darlington next year (gazettelive.co.uk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 20% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

5. Health
   1.1% of the news · usually 1.4% · 137 articles
   • Almost 800,000 flu and Covid vaccinations delivered (basingstokegazette.co.uk)
   • Nearly 800,000 flu and Covid jabs given in Hampshire and IOW (hampshirechronicle.co.uk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 16% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Cost of living
   0.6% of the news · usually 1.0% · 72 articles
   • Cheapest places for fuel in Rhyl and Prestatyn area (rhyljournal.co.uk)
   • Cheapest places for fuel in Colwyn Bay and Llandudno area (northwalespioneer.co.uk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 40% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 14% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 10% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Climate
   0.5% of the news · usually 1.1% · 71 articles
   • COP31: Bishop Arnold urges countries to address climate change together (indcatholicnews.com)
   • Just a small one: model depicts Glasgow bar surviving in a scaffold-strewn future (architectsjournal.co.uk)

   Survey · 2023 65% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Democracy and elections
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.4% · 30 articles
   • Co-operative AI: A co-operative vision for a fairer, more inclusive and democratic Artificial Intelligence (thenews.coop)
   • Central Swindon North Parish Council unveils new office (swindonadvertiser.co.uk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−0.5positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual2.9 words per 1,000usually 3.4The GDELT Project
• Fear0.9× usual0.8 words per 1,000usually 0.9The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual5.6 words per 1,000usually 6.3The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual6.6 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.0 words per 1,000usually 7.3The GDELT Project

Also in the news

• Economic policy uncertainty288.6from newspaper coverage; 100 = long-run averageJul 2026 · −8.3 since Jun 2026Baker, Bloom and Davis (2016), PolicyUncertainty.com · CC BY 4.0

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.