lancashiretelegraph.co.uk media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in the centre. We have seen it on 14 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is lancashiretelegraph.co.uk biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is lancashiretelegraph.co.uk left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for lancashiretelegraph.co.uk are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What lancashiretelegraph.co.uk has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with lancashiretelegraph.co.uk’s own report linked underneath.
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asStar Trek and X-Men actor Sir Patrick Stewart dies aged 86, statement confirms (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit Party is projected to win seven to ten seats in Israel's upcoming election. This could make his party a key coalition partner for Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, giving Ben-Gvir significant leverage.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asIsraeli army carries out massive operation in West Bank ahead of election (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
Three tankers carrying Russian diesel are heading to the eastern Atlantic coast of the United States. The shipments are part of an agreement between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase fuel supplies and lower prices.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asTanker with Russian diesel sets sail for US following Trump deal (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, President Trump's new press secretary, has stated she is a lawyer. An investigation found no record of her being licensed to practice law in any US state or Washington D.C. She told reporters she passed the bar exam when she moved to China.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asNew White House press secretary defends legal background and short briefing (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video of himself wrestling a tiger on his Truth Social account. This followed the death of William Chapman, who entered a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. The family of Mr Chapman has asked that images of the incident not be distributed.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asFamily of man killed by tiger criticise online content as Trump posts videos (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
The British Home Secretary confirmed a public inquiry into the October 2025 Heaton Park synagogue attack that killed Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby, noted the attacker was shot dead, eight arrests were made and a co‑perpetrator received a life sentence.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asPublic inquiry announced into Heaton Park synagogue attack deaths (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
The World Meteorological Organization predicts the current El Niño event will intensify, reaching its peak in December 2026 and potentially persisting until February 2027. This strengthening is expected to increase global temperatures and raise the risk of droughts and floods worldwide.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asHow could El Niño impact Lancashire? Met Office weighs in (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
The Parades Commission has granted permission for the Orange Order to parade down Garvaghy Road for the first time in nearly 30 years. The decision, which has drawn condemnation from Sinn Féin and welcome from the DUP, imposes strict limits on the procession.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asAppeal court overturns ban on Orange Order Garvaghy Road march (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been in office for two months, opening the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. He faces decisions on North Sea oil drilling and an upcoming budget, while promising to move beyond a decade of political turmoil.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asOasis fans begin to receive first ticket codes for band’s 2027 tour (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
Russia launched drone attacks on Kyiv, hitting infrastructure and causing casualties. Reports differ on the exact number of people killed and injured in the strikes.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asTwo killed as Russia pounds Kyiv with drones hours before Zelensky’s UN address (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
At about 1:00 a.m. local time Russian ballistic missiles hit a conference centre in Kyiv that houses President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party headquarters while he was speaking at the United Nations. Two people were killed; injury figures differ between sources.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asTwo killed as Russia pounds Kyiv with drones hours before Zelensky’s UN address (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
The United States, Denmark and Greenland plan to sign a security pact at the UN General Assembly next week. President Donald Trump says the deal gives the US permanent control over security matters, while other outlets report no sovereign US control. A joint working group will discuss future cooperation.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asAndy Burnham congratulates Donald Trump and Mette Frederiksen on Greenland deal (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
The board of the Kennedy Center voted to close the performing arts venue due to financial problems and a disagreement about naming the building after President Donald Trump. A judge had previously blocked the venue from being renamed.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asFencing goes up around Kennedy Centre amid closure row (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
Actress Hayden Panettiere, 36, was found dead in her Greenville, South Carolina apartment on 16 August 2026. Police and the coroner’s office reported no signs of foul play. Her father confirmed her death in a statement to ABC News, and tributes followed from co-stars and fans.
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk reported it asHeroes, Nashville and Scream star Hayden Panettiere dies aged 36 (opens lancashiretelegraph.co.uk in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
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High factuality
Who owns it
- GannettMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Newsquestunknowndirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
- Seen publishing on
- lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 14
- Reports listed
- 14
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
14 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. lancashiretelegraph.co.uk is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 14 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of lancashiretelegraph.co.uk: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
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