Europe · Monday, 9 November 2026
United Kingdom
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Everyday apps here: AYBL · Hit the Button Maths · Too Good To Go · Freya • Surge Timer · NHS App. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 13,349 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Banbury service remembers 41 Alcan workers killed in war (oxfordmail.co.uk)
- Wythall community gathers to honour the fallen on Remembrance Sunday (redditchstandard.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)
- Has Wales already lost the AI revolution? (dailypost.co.uk)
- New £20m hub to use AI to improve dementia diagnosis (oxfordmail.co.uk)
- Southend dad urges parents to protect children against flu (echo-news.co.uk)
- University students targeted by MenB vaccination programme (theboar.org)
Survey · Apr 2026 16% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
- Immigration More than usual
- Understanding hunting of migrant birds - British Ornithologists' Union (bou.org.uk)
- Preston man banned from the Island for five years (manxradio.com)
Survey · Apr 2026 24% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
- DWP update over three benefits for 150,000 people ahead of 2027 (birminghammail.co.uk)
- Economy explainers: what is the labour market? (icaew.com)
Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
- The climate factors that cause shifts in marine food chain (energylivenews.com)
- Honouring excellence: entries open for the 2027 Energy Awards - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (racplus.com)
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)
- Grantmaker to continue operating after £11m funding boost (civilsociety.co.uk)
- What Trump and the US midterms can teach Scotland about the economy (heraldscotland.com)
Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
- UK's cheapest supermarket of the month named — shoppers save up to £60 (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- Cheapest supermarket for October named — over £80 cheaper than Waitrose (express.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)
How the news sounds
- Tone−1.0positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.7The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual3.5 words per 1,000usually 3.3The GDELT Project
- Fear1.1× usual1.0 words per 1,000usually 0.9The GDELT Project
- Anger1.2× usual7.6 words per 1,000usually 6.2The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual6.8 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.5 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.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
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Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
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Crime & justice
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Books, arts & history
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Fashion & beauty
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Food & drink
Dorota Trupp, CC BY-SA 2.0 Brian Minkoff- London Pixels, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rising
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Gaming
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Health & wellness
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Money & crypto
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Movies & TV
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Music
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Celebrities & creators
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Politics & world affairs
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Science & space
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Society & beliefs
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Tech & AI
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Travel & places
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Industries here
Media & entertainment 19Gaming 19Sports & fitness 14Music 5Government & public sector 5Nonprofits & NGOs 3Food & beverage 2Travel & tourism 2Tech & software 1Science & research 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Politics in the news
- Protests in the news11reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 10 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news182reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 104 a dayThe GDELT Project
Economy
- Inflation3.1%Jul 2026 · +0.2 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment4.9%May 2026 · ±0.0 pts since Apr 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Consumer confidence98.1100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.2 since Apr 2026OECD
- Central bank rate3.75%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
- Real house prices0.1%Q2 2026 · +2.0 pts since Q1 2026BIS
- GDP growth1.4%2025 · +0.3 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment14.6%2025 · +0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Job postings69.41 Feb 2020 = 10023 Oct 2026 · +0.4 since 24 Jul 2026Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro0.834GBP per euro9 Nov 2026 · euro −0.2% since 2 Nov 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Business
- Business confidence99.1100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · −0.3 since Mar 2026OECD
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Artificial Intelligence
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
Society
- People online95.5%2024 · +0.0 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Top concern40.0%Rising prices / inflation / cost of livingApr 2026European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer · CC BY 4.0
- Trust the national government26.0%Standard Eurobarometer 105Apr 2026 · +1.0 pts since Nov 2025European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer · CC BY 4.0
- Trust in the national government26.7%OECD Trust Survey2023 · −8.1 pts since 2021OECD Trust Survey
- Trust the media20.0%Standard Eurobarometer 105Apr 2026European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer · CC BY 4.0
- Trust scientists74.0%Standard Eurobarometer 105Apr 2026European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change45.9%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority65.6%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1The One About Matthew Perry
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2Beat Luke Littler
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3Nobody Wants This
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4Lupin
5The Diplomat
6Below
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7Ghosts
8Minimum wage
9The Fall of El Mayo
10The New Stanford Prison Experiment
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Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Greenfingers
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2Surviving Hurricane Otis
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3Animals
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4Collision Course
5Despicable Me 4
6Hot Wheels Let's Race: Attack of the T-Rex
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7It Chapter Two
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8KPop Demon Hunters
9Shrek
10Halloween
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Jamie Miller
2Tate McRae
3Ashe
4Sienna Spiro
5Sam Fender
6HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté
7Olivia Dean
8Ella Langley
9Olivia Rodrigo
Apple Music · 2026-11-10
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1The Rest Is History
2The News Agents
3The Rest Is Politics: US
4The Rest Is Entertainment
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5The Romesh Ranganathan Show
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6Parenting Hell
7No Such Thing as a Fish
8Brexitcast
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9The Rest Is Politics
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10The Trial of Russell Brand
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10
App Store · Free apps
1GOV.UK One Login
2ChatGPT
3InPost UK
4Claude by Anthropic
5Lloyds Mobile Banking
6Whatnot: Shop, Sell, Connect
7CrownCards - Trading Cards
8Vinted: Sell vintage clothes
9GoWish - Your Digital Wishlist
10Microsoft Authenticator
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App Store · 2026-11-10
App Store · Paid apps
1Driving Theory Test 4 in 1 Kit
2Official DVSA Theory Test Kit
3CITB Op/Spec HS&E test
4Official Life in the UK Test
5Squeezy
6CITB MAP HS&E test V11
7AnkiMobile Flashcards
8Chromagraph Camera
9Shadowrocket
10FoldTick
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App Store · 2026-11-10
Steam · Top sellers
1Football Manager 27
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2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
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3Counter-Strike 2
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4EA Sports FC 27
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5Aion 2
6Final Fantasy XIV
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7Probably Stolen
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9Loftia
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Steam data provided by Valve · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.