Hottub Newsmap
Europe, Tuesday 29 September 2026
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Top stories
- Ex-snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sex abuse
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-age children.
heraldscotland.com · 184 outlets · 233 reports · all reports - Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot
The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said unequivocally that a…
theguardian.com · 146 outlets · 146 reports · all reports - Danny Tommo in custody ahead of trial next year accused of slashing Channel boatmaldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk · 139 outlets · 140 reports · all reports
- Burnham vows to end 'politics as usual' in first Labour leader conference speechsloughobserver.co.uk · 120 outlets · 120 reports · all reports
- TV journalist set to be crowned king of traditional monarchy in Ugandaludlowadvertiser.co.uk · 118 outlets · 118 reports · all reports
- OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns
The AI giant's safety chief said the model 'didn't quite meet the bar' of the firm's security standards.
BBC News · 113 outlets · 119 reports · all reports - Slovakia school attack leaves one dead and two injured, emergency workers say
The attack, at a school in the southwest of the country, was reportedly carried out by a student.
Euronews · 102 outlets · 105 reports · all reports - RAF Fairford suspect called police an hour before farmer raised alarmkilburntimes.co.uk · 99 outlets · 99 reports · all reports
- TV journalist crowned king of traditional monarchy in Ugandabasingstokegazette.co.uk · 97 outlets · 98 reports · all reports
- Garvaghy Road residents launch fresh legal bid to stop parade
It is the latest challenge to the march which was given the go ahead over the course of 13 hours late on Saturday and Sunday
belfastlive.co.uk · 89 outlets · 89 reports · all reports
Where the reports came from
| Country | Reports | Share | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 15,091 | 17.7% | |
| Germany | 10,766 | 12.6% | |
| Greece | 4,704 | 5.5% | |
| France | 3,314 | 3.9% | |
| Sweden | 3,197 | 3.8% | |
| Turkey | 3,141 | 3.7% | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,533 | 3.0% | |
| Croatia | 2,398 | 2.8% | |
| Bulgaria | 2,219 | 2.6% | |
| Spain | 2,025 | 2.4% | |
| Belgium | 1,966 | 2.3% | |
| Italy | 1,932 | 2.3% | |
| Romania | 1,931 | 2.3% | |
| Serbia | 1,804 | 2.1% | |
| Austria | 1,730 | 2.0% | |
| Netherlands | 1,719 | 2.0% | |
| Ireland | 1,526 | 1.8% | |
| Portugal | 1,503 | 1.8% | |
| Lithuania | 1,446 | 1.7% | |
| Switzerland | 1,397 | 1.6% |
About this map
Hottub News counted 85,224 reports from outlets in 49 countries for 29 Sep 2026. The UK, Germany and Greece published the most (15,091 reports), and the five busiest countries account for 43% of the total.
The most widely covered stories were: “Ex-snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sex abuse” (184 outlets, mostly the UK and Germany); “Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot” (146 outlets, mostly the UK and Kosovo); “Danny Tommo in custody ahead of trial next year accused of slashing Channel boat” (139 outlets, mostly the UK and Ireland).
Each report is placed in the country of the outlet that published it (from its feed, web domain or Wikidata), not where the events happened. Stories group reports of the same event across outlets and languages. Paid placements are never included.