Negative · 0 = most negative, 10 = most positive
Daily coverage snapshot
United Kingdom
Edition: 2026-08-18
Current Updated August 18, 2026 at 11:18 AM AST
Coverage of United Kingdom read as negative today, at 3.4 out of 10. The most repeated terms were british, london, work. That is 0.5 points more negative than yesterday. Over the last 14 days tone ranged 2.4 to 5.0.
One score per day of collected coverage
Word cloud of the day
britishlondonworkacrossukraineyoungshowlonghitmarketwarwomenchildchildrencomefamilyfivepublicburnhamcaseevenfreepolicerightsincesocialtakingcompanyeverythingmediabecomecountrygovernmenthomesummerawayeveryformerreformsellsexstilltaketrumpwater
Tone over time
Most positive terms
- great15
- good13
- help11
Most negative terms
- war21
- dead14
- murder11
- death13
- crash13
Headlines behind the numbers
- Revealed: Toby Young free speech group crowdfunded over £60,000 for legal case fought by pro-bono lawyerThe Guardian
- Lee Cain: We found 4,000 government comms staff we didn’t know existedThe Independent
- Disabled people in England to get 24-hour free bus travelBBC UK
- Moscow threat of ‘consequences’ will not alter UK support for Ukraine, says BurnhamThe Guardian
- Williams sisters come unstuck in Cincinnati in first doubles outing together since 2022The Guardian