Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
20
World
Same framing elsewhere
2
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Mr Bushby, now 57, told crowds in the city centre: “There has never been a welcome home quite like this.”
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Bushby → tell → this
On Monday, he made the penultimate stop of his epic journey in the centre of Hull, where he was greeted by hundreds of well-wishers outside the City Hall.
asserted
he → make → Hall
He was mobbed and cheered as he walked into Queen Victoria Square wheeling his cart, before telling the crowd: “There has never been a welcome home quite like this, I’m sure.
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I → mob → this
After 28 years, you couldn’t ask for more than this.
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you → ask → this
He went inside for a civic reception before he embarks on the final leg of his 31,000-mile (50,000km) journey – the three miles to his mother’s house, in the north of the city, which he last visited in 1998.
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he → go → 1998
Monday’s leg crowns years of dangerous escapades, including crossing the notorious Darien Gap in Central America and traversing the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia on the frozen sea.
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leg → crown → sea
He told the crowd: “Twenty-eight years…
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He → tell → years
I could not have imagined this.
uncertain
I → imagine → this
He said: “I guess I’ll be seeing you around.
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I → say → you
I’ll be knocking about for a while, I guess.”
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I → knock → while
Mr Bushby said: “I didn’t do this alone.
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I → say → this
“That’s what it took to get me back.”
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it → ’ → me
Lord Mayor of Hull Maria Coward told Mr Bushby: “For 28 years – 10,229 days – Hull has been waiting for your return.”
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Hull → tell → return
She said: “Hull is proud of you.
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Hull → say → you
I’m proud of you.
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I → ’m → you
Everyone’s proud of you.”
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Everyone → ’ → you
Mr Turner read Mr Burnham’s message of congratulations on what he described as an “extraordinary journey”.
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he → read → journey
It said: “To walk around the world from Chile and back again is an achievement of truly remarkable proportions.
“
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walk → say → proportions
It speaks of courage, resilience, perseverance and unbreakable spirit.”
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It → speak → courage
The Prime Minister’s statement also thanked Mr Bushby for his service to the country as a soldier.
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statement → thank → soldier
He said: “Your journey has taken nearly three decades, crossed continents and tested you in ways that most of us can barely imagine.
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most → say → us
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“But today, as you return to the city from which you left 28 years ago, you bring something far greater than any world record or remarkable personal achievement.
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you → read → record
“You bring a story of what can be accomplished through extraordinary determination and self-belief.”
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what → bring → determination
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