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UK police rearrest two men over suspected Iran-linked plot at RAF Fairford

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 10 21 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 21 Oct 00:19 UTC · UK police rearrest two over suspected Iran-linked plot at RAF Fairford 21 Oct 06:18 UTC · UK police rearrest two men over suspected Iran-linked plot at RAF Fairford

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 2 HEADLINES

  1. 21 Oct, 00:19 UTC

    UK police rearrest two over suspected Iran-linked plot at RAF Fairford

  2. 21 Oct, 06:18 UTC

    UK police rearrest two men over suspected Iran-linked plot at RAF Fairford

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • 2 men rearrested · 7 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.