News
David Walliams books removed from schools and libraries in London amid sex claims
- Newsrooms
- 3
- Last 3 hours
- 2 reports
- Momentum
- Steady
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Where it’s heading
Slowing. Likely 3 to 5 newsrooms by 8:29am AEDT. Calls like this were right 93% of the time. How we knowAgainst the past week
More newsrooms than 58% of the past week’s 4154 stories, and number 133 of 524 in Film & TV.Part of a bigger story
David Walliams: 22 developments since Tue 10 Nov.
1Some schools remove the children's author's books from their libraries after allegations against him.
Evening Standard didn’t include a summary, so this is BBC News’s, from its report on the same story.3
Background: David Walliams
David Edward Williams, known professionally as David Walliams, is an English actor, comedian, writer and television personality. He rose to prominence for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011). From 2012 to 2022, Walliams was a judge on the television talent competition Britain's Got Talent.4
The bigger story: David Walliams
22 developments since Tue 10 Nov. 10 more since this one.
- Morning Mail: David Walliams accused of preying on young women; Greens’ fury at Labor; and a statue mocks Trump
5 newsrooms. Linked by Morning Mail, accuse, women
- Grooming gangs investigator speaks out over 'appalling' David Walliams sex abuse claims
5 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, celebrity, accuse, prey, young, groom
- David Walliams cut from his upcoming Australian film as streaming services and distributors drop project entirely amid sexual misconduct claims
21 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, accuse, sexual, speak, groom, celebrity
- Lucy Beaumont fears she'll 'never work in TV again' after revealing herself as David Walliams whistleblower and says she came forward after filing police report about another predatory man in the industry
5 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, sexual, assault, investigation, allege, joke
- David Walliams accused of preying on teenage girls
1 newsroom. Linked by David Walliams, accuse, prey, teenage, girl
The story so far
3 newsrooms- Reports
- 4
- Newsrooms and sources
- 3
- Last 3 hours
- 2
First with it: The Independent, 22 hr 10 min before anyone else.
Reported by 3 newsrooms.
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Reports a day, last 7 days
| Day | Reports |
|---|---|
| Sat | 0 |
| Sun | 0 |
| Mon | 0 |
| Tue | 0 |
| Wed | 0 |
| Thu | 1 |
| Today | 3 |
How it spread
- Newsrooms
- 3
- Reports
- 4
- Over
- 24 hr
- To three newsrooms
- 24 hr
Newsrooms on it each counted once
| Time | Newsroom | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, 12 Nov, 1:33am AEDT | The Independent | 1 |
| Thu, 12 Nov, 11:42pm AEDT | BBC News | 2 |
| Fri, 13 Nov, 1:30am AEDT | Evening Standard | 3 |
Every report follow-ups included
| Time | Source | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, 12 Nov, 1:33am AEDT | The Independent | 1 |
| Thu, 12 Nov, 11:24pm AEDT | The Independent | 2 |
| Thu, 12 Nov, 11:42pm AEDT | BBC News | 3 |
| Fri, 13 Nov, 1:30am AEDT | Evening Standard | 4 |
Bigger than 94% of Film & TV stories this week. Reached three newsrooms in 24 hr; a typical Film & TV story that gets there takes 5.7 hr.
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