Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 16 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
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Outlets on this story
6
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Temperatures are expected to plummet after the capital, along with many other areas in the country, emerged from days of fog.
asserted
capital → expect → fog
Kathryn Chalk, an operational meteorologist at the Met Office, told The Standard: “Temperatures will be falling away over the next few nights as a colder air mass comes down from the north.
asserted
mass → tell → north
“Overnight frost is expected from tomorrow night, even for the towns and cities.
asserted
frost → expect → towns
We could see temperatures drop as low as minus three in the countryside.
uncertain
temperatures → see → countryside
The forecast for below-zero conditions overnight comes as health chiefs issued the country’s first cold alert of the winter.
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chiefs → come → winter
The yellow cold health alert warning from the UK Health Security Agency covers England’s North West and West Midlands regions from 9am on Thursday to noon on Saturday.
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warning → cover → Saturday
Forecasters said the early frost on Thursday in London is forecast to give way to a dry, bright and largely sunny day, with a maximum temperature of 9C.
It is likely to become breezy in the city, with the night once again cold and frosty.
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night → say → city
The Met Office said there will be another cold and frosty start on Friday, but that, like Thursday, it is also expected to develop into a dry day with sunshine.
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it → say → sunshine
It is due to become cold again overnight from Friday into Saturday.
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It → become → Saturday
The weekend is expected to be cloudier and less cold, while remaining dry, the nation’s forecaster added.
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forecaster → expect → ?
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With the temperatures sinking lower, speculation about the possibility of snowfall across the UK has been growing in recent weeks.
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speculation → read → weeks
Some weather watchers believe the effects of El Niño – a super-sized natural climate pattern coming from the Pacific Ocean that, combined with global warming, can induce extreme weather – and a possible weakening of the polar vortex could bring about a severe cold snap.
uncertain
that → believe → snap
When it is strong, it can encourage a powerful jet stream, directing Atlantic weather systems towards the UK and bringing relatively mild, wet and windy conditions.
asserted
it → encourage → conditions
But the polar vortex can weaken, become displaced or even split.
asserted
vortex → weaken → ?
These changes can influence the jet stream lower down in the atmosphere, potentially allowing colder Arctic or continental air to move southwards towards the UK.
asserted
air → influence → UK
In some cases this can create the conditions needed for frost, ice and snowfall.
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this → create → frost
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