Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 20 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
5
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
‘Large burst water main’ cuts supplies across south London and Surrey
It said the issue would take “some time” to fix because of the location of the fault.
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issue → cut → fault
Thames Water said up to 15,000 properties were initially affected by the issue, later adding the number had fallen to 6,000.
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number → say → 6,000
Customers in the following postcodes were impacted: CR4, KT1, KT10, KT12, KT2, KT3, KT5, KT6, KT7, KT8, SM4, SW16, SW17, SW18, SW19, SW20, TW10 and TW16.
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Customers → impact → CR4
Monica Harding, MP for Esher and Walton, Surrey, told the Press Association: “We need an urgent response from Thames Water to get water supplies back on as soon as possible and to protect vulnerable communities.
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We → tell → communities
“Once the water is flowing again, we need to establish exactly what happened and why.
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what → flow → ?
“My worry is that decades of underinvestment in our infrastructure and poor regulation may be causing incidences like this.
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decades → cause → this
“Right now, however, the priority must be getting water back in our taps.”
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priority → get → taps
The MP said on X that she was “pushing for an urgent response” as her constituency was affected by the issue.
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constituency → say → issue
Some people posted on X saying they had woken up to no water on Monday morning.
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they → post → morning
“We have no running water,” one user said, before adding: “I just want a shower and a cup of tea.
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I → have → tea
Thames Water want their bonuses.”
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Water → want → bonuses
Replying to Ms Harding’s post, another user said the outage was “having a huge impact already”.
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outage → reply → impact
A Thames Water spokesperson said: “Our engineers are making progress on repairing the burst in Molesey but it is likely to take some time to complete.
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it → say → time
“We are rerouting water in the area to reduce the impact on customers while we work to fix the burst.
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we → reroute → burst
Customers in Surbiton should be seeing their supply return although the pressure may be lower than usual.
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pressure → see → Surbiton
“Water deliveries are being made to customers who are on our priority services register.
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who → make → register
We will be opening bottled water stations this afternoon and will provide their locations once confirmed.
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We → open → locations
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“We believe up to 15,000 properties were affected this morning and that has now been reduced to 6,000.
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that → read → 6,000
We again would like to say sorry to our customers and reassure those who are still affected that we are working to restore their water supply as quickly as possible.”
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we → like → supply
The spokesperson said further updates would be posted on the company’s website.
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updates → post → website
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