👤 Caitlin Leng

52 articles tracked

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Articles
52
2026-09-15 – 2026-10-29
Claims per article
26
1,342 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,328
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Writes for Daily Mail.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

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Crime & Law
38%
Politics
17%
Entertainment
15%
Environment
8%
Other
8%
Health
4%
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2026-10-19 · Daily Mail · Politics
Ukraine 'once again' received no early warning from allies of latest Russian attacks on Kyiv, Zelensky claims amid growing row with Trump
17 outlets covered this event
2026-10-19 · Daily Mail · Politics
One dead and two injured after Russia air strike hits Kyiv buildings - including medical facility
17 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-18 · Daily Mail · Crime & Law
Flight from Tel Aviv makes emergency landing in Bulgaria 'after bomb threat'
8 outlets covered this event
2026-09-24 · Daily Mail · Health
Missing Sir Ranulph Fiennes was 'kept in a series of care homes illegally'
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-25 · Daily Mail · Crime & Law
Andy Burnham condemns 'disturbing' case of paedophile who snapped women and girls before using AI to 'nudify' them while repeatedly freed on bail - as PM backs calls for review
4 outlets covered this event
2026-09-25 · Daily Mail · Crime & Law
Met Police 'launch new investigation' into Jill Dando's unsolved murder after 'CCTV breakthrough' - with Serbian assassin under suspicion
4 outlets covered this event

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2026-09-15 · Daily Mail
Boy, 14, is charged after KFC 'machete fight' in Bromley left four with stab wounds
🔮 On Saturday, he appeared at Bromley Magistrates' Court and will appear again at the same court on Wednesday. assertive
2026-09-15 · Daily Mail
Double killer Simon Levy denies stabbing prison guard in neck with pen and trying to strangle him
🔮 On May 2, he was charged with five sex assaults on the tube, but he was released on bail by magistrates even though he was also suspected of murder. assertive
2026-09-16 · Daily Mail
Toyota Prius driver, 71, denies causing deaths of three Vespa scooter riders, aged 62 to 64, on country road
🔮 Hugh Campion, 71, has pleaded not guilty to eight charges relating to a collision on the A36 at Knook in Wiltshire on May 31 last year. assertive
2026-09-16 · Daily Mail
The Battle of Piddington is NOT over: Campaigners hope Home Office great crested 'blunder' may halt plans for asylum camp near Oxfordshire village that has voted to leave the UK
🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A Home Office 'blunder' involving crested newts could halt plans for a proposed asylum camp near an Oxfordshire village that has voted to leave the UK. assertive
2026-09-24 · Daily Mail
Missing Sir Ranulph Fiennes was 'kept in a series of care homes illegally'
🔮 Friends have previously expressed concern for his safety, alleging his wife would not tell them where he was staying or allow them to visit. assertive
2026-09-25 · Daily Mail
Afghan asylum seeker masterminded £181million phone smuggling operation shipping stolen devices out of the UK to China and Dubai - as gang are jailed for 25 years
🔮 In September 2025, police attended Roshan Dry Fruits and Nuts on Lea Bridge Road in east London to carry out a search of the shop and found it to be a 'storage location to which both Khadikhel and Miakhel could be linked', prosecutors said. assertive
2026-09-25 · Daily Mail
Met Police 'launch new investigation' into Jill Dando's unsolved murder after 'CCTV breakthrough' - with Serbian assassin under suspicion
🔮 The Met Police has confirmed it will now re-examine original footage taken at Putney Bridge train station of an unidentified man, known as Man X, captured walking along the assassin's likely escape route around 20 minutes after Ms Dando's murder. assertive
2026-09-25 · Daily Mail
EuroMillions ticket-holder from the UK hits £111million jackpot in winning Friday night's draw
🔮 The jackpot prize will now reset to approximately £14million for the next draw, which is to be held on Tuesday evening. assertive
2026-09-25 · Daily Mail
Andy Burnham condemns 'disturbing' case of paedophile who snapped women and girls before using AI to 'nudify' them while repeatedly freed on bail - as PM backs calls for review
🔮 I don't believe anyone would want this situation to have arisen – it results from that failure to ensure proper planning of prison places in the past. assertive
2026-09-26 · Daily Mail
BBC director-general says more channels face the axe with BBC3 and BBC Scotland potentially at risk - as he also welcomes idea of AI presenters
🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source The director-general of the BBC has said more channels could face the axe as part of new cost-saving measures - with BBC3 and BBC Scotland at risk. Matt Brittin, who has fronted the broadcaster since May, also confirmed he would not rule out experimenting with AI generated presenters fronting future programmes produced by the company. Mr Brittin, 58, made the comments as part of a discussion on the BBC's financial situation in an interview for the Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, with a preview broadcast on BBC News At One on Friday. mixed
2026-10-01 · Daily Mail
Hollywood filmmaker loses High Court fight with council after it locked him out of his family's crumbling 'Downton Shabby' estate
🔮 The film producer said he struck a deal with Rochdale Borough Council (RBC) in 2017 to take ownership of the Grade II-listed property for £1, and in 2022, he was granted permission to turn the home into an events venue and poured around £750,000 into its restoration. But in 2024, Rochdale Council removed consent due to claims of health and safety breaches and the building was shut, leaving Mr DePree and his team locked out of the historic site. Now, a High Court judge has ruled against Mr DePree, finding the conditions required for a transfer of ownership were not fulfilled - meaning he will not regain access to the property. assertive
2026-10-01 · Daily Mail
'Cowardly' burglar who headbutted and killed frail pensioner, 86, as he tried to protect his wife during nighttime raid on his London home is jailed for 18 years
🔮 Sentencing, Judge Simon Mayo KC said Malcom, of Hackney, had 'embarked on a sustained course of criminal conduct' during the night of the 28th and 29th of September 2025 which involved breaking into 'several' residential properties. assertive
2026-10-02 · Daily Mail
Has a gift from Meghan to Eugenie ended up on eBay? Mystery as 'deeply personal' copy of duchess's book The Bench with heartfelt handwritten note to 'Eug and Jack' emerges for sale for £20K
🔮 Buyers unwilling to pay the full amount upfront are invited to spread the cost through monthly payments of £943.29 over 24 months via PayPal. assertive
2026-10-04 · Daily Mail
'Yes I pulled down my half of a semi-detached home... but I'm no neighbour from hell': Carpenter who left the UK after illegally demolishing house insists he did nothing wrong
🔮 Ms Mitra said she saved up for years to put a deposit down on the 'dream' house in May 2021 But assertive
2026-10-05 · Daily Mail
Body of missing girl, 11, is found in park as police probe 'unexplained' death
🔮 People living in Elmley Castle will see an increased police presence in the area while officers carry out their enquiries.' The body of an 11-year-old girl has been recovered from a Worcestershire Park (Pictured: The park near the cricket ground in Elmley Castle) assertive
2026-10-05 · Daily Mail
Businessman ordered to tear down his huge 'football director's box' extension fails in bid to stop demolition as planning bosses dismiss his appeal
🔮 Residents were so upset about the extension, which they labelled an 'ugly eyesore,' that they hired a minibus to protest against it at a Walsall Council meeting in May. assertive
2026-10-05 · Daily Mail
Pictured: Girl, 11, found dead in park - as police probe 'unexplained' death
🔮 I love you so much and it will be hard to cope with out (sic) you.' assertive
2026-10-06 · Daily Mail
British charity runner left for dead when pick-up truck hit him as he crossed the USA survived because he was on phone to his ex-wife at the time - now he's run the length of Britain
🔮 But the marketing professor - who was told he might be wheelchair-bound or reliant on the use of a stick to walk because of the crash - has since defied expectations, returning to the US to complete the run and even running the length of Australia. And now, Mr Ashill has officially completed his next challenge - running the length of Great Britain from John o'Groats to Land's End, making him the second person in history to run across the US, Australia and the UK. assertive
2026-10-11 · Daily Mail
Notting Hill £1.2million homeowner who won two-year £10,000 planning battle with council over a fence wants to replace it with £500,000 ultra-modern extension
🔮 Dr Michael Young became embroiled in a row with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council (RBKC) after building a screen on his roof which they ordered he remove in 2024. Dr Young, who works in financial services, maintained the screen was approved by the council in 2019, 2022 and 2023 – resulting in a two-and-a-half-year-long dispute involving the Planning Inspectorate and costing him almost £10,000 in planning consultants', legal and architects' fees. Yet despite the inspectorate ultimately ruling in his favour in May, Dr Young sought permission earlier this year to voluntarily tear down the screen he spent more than five years fighting to keep – and replace it with a three-storey extension costing £500,000. assertive
2026-10-12 · Daily Mail
King Charles attends church service near Balmoral Estate just days after it emerged he paid Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's £1.5million bill to repair Royal Lodge
🔮 King Charles was spotted heading to Crathie Church in Aberdeenshire - only days after footing his disgraced brother Andrew's £1.5million repair bill Queen Camilla is pictured in the front of a black Range Rover making her way to the Sunday service alongside husband King Charles Crathie Church, located near royal residence Balmoral Castle, regularly plays host to the King and his family Assessors found £302,000 could be knocked off the repairs bill as Andrew's lease was terminated early, with Charles settling the remainder of the cost. assertive
2026-10-12 · Daily Mail
Science assistant who claimed being forced to work in the school main building triggered her anxiety wins disability case
🔮 The main office - situated within the entrance to the academy - is only accessible through the main building, which Mrs Wells said she could not do because of her anxiety. mixed
2026-10-12 · Daily Mail
Former Arsenal and Liverpool footballer Jermaine Pennant swerves ban after driving without insurance
🔮 He claimed he had purchased one-day insurance 10 minutes before being pulled over, but had not realised it would not take effect immediately. assertive
2026-10-15 · Daily Mail
Rescue dog named Peggy-Sue who was the same weight as a baby HIPPO sheds the pounds and finds a new home
🔮 Peggy-Sue was so large she struggled with walking, was susceptible to infection and overheating, and could not take a few steps without collapsing. assertive
2026-10-16 · Daily Mail
Manchester Airport attacker who assaulted two female officers has bid to reduce his sentence rejected
🔮 'No matter how this has affected me or impacted on my life I will not allow you to see me as weak. assertive
2026-10-16 · Daily Mail
RAF jets reported 'close encounters with two unidentified drones in British skies' this year
🔮 The pilot - who later reported the sighting to military controllers - ducked the aircraft after the object passed close by, remarking to the RAF radar controller overseeing the refuelling exercise it could be a 'potential drone'. He said: 'Uh yeah, just had something go overhead of us – potential drone at one seven zero – have you got anything on your screen?' 'One seven zero' is code for an altitude of 17,000ft - the height the object was flying and more than 40 times the legal height limit for drones. assertive
2026-10-16 · Daily Mail
Moment two burglars raid Ann Summers stock room before walking out with £12,000 worth of lingerie and sex toys
🔮 He said he was told he would receive a large sum of money and no longer be 'a nobody.' assertive
2026-10-17 · Daily Mail
£1million of watches stolen in muggings every month in London's West End
🔮 Violent robbers are snatching £1million worth of watches off the wrists of visitors to London's West End every month (Pictured: CCTV of three men being sought in connection with the robbery of a watch in Mayfair) assertive
2026-10-18 · Daily Mail
Black cab rapist John Worboys 'delighted' after being told he may be leaving jail for secure hospital
🔮 Black cab rapist John Worboys is said to be 'delighted' after being told he may be leaving jail for a secure hospital. mixed
2026-10-18 · Daily Mail
Flight from Tel Aviv makes emergency landing in Bulgaria 'after bomb threat'
🔮 'Once the aircraft has been searched, the passengers will be rebooked onto a prompt alternative flight. assertive
2026-10-19 · Daily Mail
One dead and two injured after Russia air strike hits Kyiv buildings - including medical facility
🔮 The Ukrainian capital was struck overnight, its Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed in the early hours of Monday morning, with a medical facility and a non-residential building damaged in the attack. assertive
2026-10-19 · Daily Mail
Ukraine 'once again' received no early warning from allies of latest Russian attacks on Kyiv, Zelensky claims amid growing row with Trump
🔮 The Ukrainian president said he was ready to work 'constructively' and 'honestly', adding: 'We expect exactly this approach from all our partners - both from the Europeans and, of course, from the American side.' The Kremlin, however, confirmed Ukrainian attacks on its cities will not change its war aims. assertive
2026-10-19 · Daily Mail
Moment 'murderer' overtakes car 'before hitting headteacher and dragging him under car for 1.3miles' is shown to court
🔮 Mr Mullins, pictured with his children as a younger man, was treated by paramedics but declared dead at the roadside 40 minutes after the collision, jurors were told Tributes at the school gates of Stretford Grammar for Mr Mullins He enquired if data from the Apple Watch which indicated there was some movement within the body after 6.50pm - after the point Mr Mullins had been pronounced dead - could be due to movement of Mr Mullins wrist, to which the doctor agreed. assertive
2026-10-20 · Daily Mail
Council resorts to digging TRENCHES around parks in bid 'to stop travellers'
🔮 The action follows a summer of 'whack-a-mole'-style problems where officials would invoke legal routes to clear caravans from public land, only for them to quickly pop up elsewhere. assertive
2026-10-22 · Daily Mail
British schoolboy, 14, seriously injured after plunging 100ft during ski trip in Austria
🔮 A first aider who was nearby rushed to the scene before paramedics arrived and tried to resuscitate him, but to no avail. Bad weather conditions meant that a medical helicopter could not be deployed to the area, according to local French media. A 43-year-old British snowboarder also died in March after plunging 330 feet from a rocky ledge in an off-piste area near the La Plagne ski resort in the French Alps. assertive
2026-10-23 · Daily Mail
Incredible snap at Glastonbury Tor captures moment of beauty as storm rolls in
🔮 Ahead of Storm Austen's arrival in Somerset, an incredible snap at Glastonbury Tor has captured the site's full majesty as a rainbow appears from an illuminated sky The beautiful scene was also photographed from inside St Michael's Church upon the hill The shots come as Storm Austen is forecast to bring gusts of 50 to 60mph to Somerset from Thursday night into Friday, with gusts exceeding 70mph possible in exposed coastal areas. assertive
2026-10-23 · Daily Mail
Conservatives' campaign chief and his wife who admitted cheating at gambling by betting on date of 2024 General Election are spared jail
🔮 Anthony Lee - the Tories' former director of campaigning - used 'inside information' from a private meeting called by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to bet on the general election date months before it took place. Lee, 49, and his wife, parliamentary candidate Laura Lee, 38, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to placing more than £2,000 worth of bets from March 10 and May 21, 2024, standing to win more than £23,000 had their cheating not been unearthed. assertive
2026-10-24 · Daily Mail
The dark drugs secret behind the Celebrity Traitors castle is revealed - even if the BBC would rather you didn't know
🔮 But the Celebrity Traitors castle has a dark past of its own - which the BBC would rather its viewers did not know. assertive
2026-10-25 · Daily Mail
Zookeeper is fighting for her life after being mauled by a leopard at Netherlands park she had worked at since she was 17
🔮 It is not clear which leopard was involved in the attack Mr van Hees also confirmed the leopard involved in the attack will not be put to sleep. assertive
2026-10-26 · Daily Mail
Ruins of two lost villages that were abandoned 80 years ago unearthed at drought-hit reservoirs
🔮 Aerial images have revealed the detailed outlines of dozens of limestone cottages that once housed more than 100 people, offering a rare glimpse of villages which disappeared beneath the water more than half a century ago. The abandoned villages of Derwent and Ashopton have been uncovered after droughts hit the Ladybower Reservoir (Pictured: An aerial image of long-lost streets and foundations belonging to the villages) The villages were deliberately flooded in the 1940s to make way for the Upper Derwent Valley reservoir (Pictured: Remnants of brick walls exposed after water levels plummeted) The outlines of dozens of limestone cottages that once housed more than 100 people have been exposed A brick wall stands as a reminder of the villages which disappeared beneath the water more than half a century ago The discovery comes as England's drought issue continues to worsen, with ministers secretly warned this week reservoirs could run dry - causing chaos for families in the run-up to Christmas. mixed
2026-10-27 · Daily Mail
Warning to stockpile supplies triggers baked bean, water and battery shortage
🔮 The Association of Convenience Stores also said there was no 'meaningful change' in weekend sales, but sources warn some shoppers may take the stockpiling advice to extremes. assertive
2026-10-27 · Daily Mail
Teenage waitress who was on £7 an hour wins more than £13,000 after being shouted at for dropping an apple crumble
🔮 The now 18-year-old, who suffered from depression and anxiety, was employed at the Royal Thurso Hotel from May to June 2024 earning £7 an hour. assertive
2026-10-29 · Daily Mail
Moment family's home and cars are set alight by masked machete-wielding arsonists in 'unprovoked attack'
🔮 It has also left the couple - who have never experienced aggression in their neighbourhood before - fundraising to repair the damage, and fearful the arsonists will return to finish the job, or set alight more homes on the street. assertive
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