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Track the stories that go quiet.

Auto-monitored weekly

Most news trackers stop when the headlines do. Signal Tracker keeps a source-linked timeline running and records the silence - so you can answer “what happened since March?” in under two minutes.

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Thames Water debt restructuring

Active
Special administrator appointed by Ofwat16 Jun
Creditors submit rival £5bn rescue plan9 Jun
Bill increases of 40% approved by regulator2 Jun
Next check: Mon 23 Jun

Post Office Horizon IT compensation scheme

Monitoring
Compensation payments reach £200m total12 Jun
No tier-1/2 coverage - week of 3 Jun3 Jun
No tier-1/2 coverage - week of 27 May27 May
Next check: Mon 23 Jun

Hillsborough inquiry - phase 2 charging

Active
CPS charges announced against former officers10 Jun
Families respond to CPS consultation letter3 Jun
No tier-1/2 coverage - week of 27 May27 May
Next check: Mon 23 Jun
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Apple boss Tim Cook says prices to rise due to memory chip costs

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Apple locked into $2/GB DRAM deal as another price hike expected before March 2027

22 followers
UK Weather: Developing heatwave to send temperatures above 30C

UK Weather: Developing heatwave to send temperatures above 30C

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Deadly Spain wildfire kills 12 and leaves 23 missing as heatwave grips Europe

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Former US attorney general Pam Bondi testifies in congressional Epstein probe

Former US attorney general Pam Bondi testifies in congressional Epstein probe

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Bard's Botstein resigns after Epstein email surfaces; Democrats demand criminal probe

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How it works

From story to timeline. Automatically.

Signal Tracker runs weekly, never misses a period, and tells you honestly when there's nothing new to report.

1

Add a story or area

Paste a news URL for a discrete thread, or describe an ongoing area — a corridor, a city economy, a sector with job and tender indicators. Signal Tracker builds the query pack automatically.

2

We watch it weekly

A Monday morning cron job executes each story's query pack, deduplicates results, and adds new coverage to the timeline with source links. Areas also get a structured brief and indicator deltas.

3

Silence is recorded too

When coverage dries up on a news thread, the timeline gets an explicit gap entry. Areas stay monitored and still produce a brief — even when headlines are quiet.

4

Get notified on material updates

Only significant new developments trigger an email. You'll know the difference between a wire repeat and an actual breakthrough — or a sharp move in an indicator you care about.

BBC Panorama v News Group - Timeline

12 May 2025
MilestoneMaterial

High Court rules in favour of claimants

3 Mar 2025
Update

Witness statements submitted to court

10 Feb 2025
Gap

No tier-1/2 coverage - week of 10 Feb

14 Jan 2025
Update

Pre-trial hearing set for March

Story lifecycle

Silence is part of the record.

Every story moves through three states. Transitions are logged. Nothing is erased.

Active

Tier-1 or tier-2 coverage found in the last 30 days. Weekly ingest runs track every new hit.

Monitoring

No major coverage for 30+ days. Signal Tracker checks weekly and records each quiet period explicitly.

Dormant

Six consecutive empty weeks on a news thread. We keep an eye open, but less frequently. Any new hit re-activates the story. Area watches never go dormant.

Active

no tier-1/2 for 30 days

Monitoring

6 empty weeks

Dormant

new coverage → Active

Active

no tier-1/2 for 30 days

Monitoring

6 empty weeks

Dormant

Active

◀ new coverage

Monitoring

Dormant

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  • Manual timeline events

  • Source-linked timeline

  • Story lifecycle view

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