👤 Tom Layton

11 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
11
2026-09-16 – 2026-10-23
Claims per article
21
228 extracted in total
Hedged claims
5%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,178
characters
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.

What they cover

Entertainment
27%
Health
27%
Economy/Business
18%
Education
9%
Politics
9%
Sports
9%
Most-tagged topics
ScotlandScottishDaily MailEdinburghGlasgowNHSthe Royal College of Emergency Medicinethe Scottish Government

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages +0.01 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-18 · Daily Mail · Economy/Business
Ex-Brewdog staff bitten again as they lose out on £500k pay
4 outlets covered this event
2026-10-19 · Daily Mail · Health
Emergency doctors' chilling winter warning as 96% claim A&E departments are not prepared
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-18 · Daily Mail · Entertainment
Leading role for Esther McGregor - another member of star Ewan's acting dynasty
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-13 · Daily Mail · Entertainment
John Cleese urges St Andrews students to reject controversial Green MSP Q Manivannan for rector role
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-23 · Daily Mail · Education
Michael Gove's old school battles trust's bid
to slash bursaries
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-15 · Daily Mail · Health
Doctors warn of 'two-tier' weight loss jab system as just 705 Scots get drugs on NHS
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-16 · Daily Mail
Come and live in a new house with all mod-cons on a tiny island, home to just 102 people, for only £550 per month...
🔮 Alan Kelly, director of the Eday Partnership, which helps run the island, said: ‘The ideal person would be a family with, say, two kids, a carer and the other one an electrician, or a mechanic with Orkney heritage. assertive
2026-09-16 · Daily Mail
'It was me!' Cheating golfer hit with five-year ban after admitting his guilt
🔮 If he breaks their rules at any point before 2031 then a full five-year ban will be invoked. assertive
2026-09-18 · Daily Mail
Ex-Brewdog staff bitten again as they lose out on £500k pay
🔮 Staff left the brewery without holiday or overtime pay and proposals published in March by Alix suggested they would get some of the money they were owed. assertive
2026-10-05 · Daily Mail
Lena Martell, the first Scottish female solo artist to get a Number One single with One Day at a Time and sold 20million records, dies at 86
🔮 ‘Lena could be challenging to work with at times but that’s just because she wanted the best for her audience. assertive
2026-10-06 · Daily Mail
Early start to the flu season threatens to overwhelm already stretched emergency departments
🔮 Dr Fiona Hunter, Vice President Scotland for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: ‘With winter fast approaching, many of us working in A&E are bracing for what we know will be a very difficult few months. assertive
2026-10-08 · Daily Mail
University launches probe into academics' research after MI5 warning over Chinese intelligence links
🔮 A Scottish university is investigating research by its academics which may have been used by the Chinese intelligence services, it has emerged. assertive
2026-10-13 · Daily Mail
John Cleese urges St Andrews students to reject controversial Green MSP Q Manivannan for rector role
🔮 Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Murdo Fraser, said Manivannan would do well to remember voters rather than look for roles outwith the constituency. assertive
2026-10-15 · Daily Mail
Doctors warn of 'two-tier' weight loss jab system as just 705 Scots get drugs on NHS
🔮 ‘But at the moment, many of the people who would benefit from these medicines cannot access them for weight management through the NHS in Scotland. assertive
2026-10-18 · Daily Mail
Leading role for Esther McGregor - another member of star Ewan's acting dynasty
🔮 Esther McGregor will play Violet Sorrengail in the upcoming Prime Video show based on Rebecca Yarros’s ‘romantasy’ series. assertive
2026-10-19 · Daily Mail
Emergency doctors' chilling winter warning as 96% claim A&E departments are not prepared
🔮 Of the 25 respondents in Scotland, representing almost every ED in the devolved nation, all but two told RCEM they were either ‘very’ or ‘extremely’ concerned about the pressure their ED will experience this winter. assertive
2026-10-23 · Daily Mail
Michael Gove's old school battles trust's bid
to slash bursaries
🔮 RGC historically received the majority of AET’s funding, but the proposals would see its share cut to 70 per cent over the next five years and a minimum of 49 per cent afterwards. assertive
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