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23
sentences that state something as happening or true
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4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Businesses and charities are being hit by spiralling fuel prices caused by the Iran war.
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Businesses → publish → war
Last week, diesel prices reached an all-time high and are now about £2 a litre after rising more than 40% since the end of February, with petrol prices climbing nearly 34% in that period.
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prices → reach → period
BBC analysis has identified the most expensive fuel stations across the West, as prices vary across more urban and rural areas.
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prices → identify → areas
Alex Wood, from charity Freewheelers which delivers medical supplies, said it has had to dip into reserves to keep afloat.
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it → deliver → reserves
Somerset-based Berry's Coaches has called on the government to freeze fuel duty next year after their fuel costs increased by half since the Middle East conflict began.
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conflict → base → half
Petrol prices have increased by 8% to 174.8p per litre in the past month, while diesel has risen by 9% to 200.1p per litre.
But in the seven months since the US-Israel conflict with Iran erupted, the jump is even bigger - a nearly 34% increase for petrol and more than 40% for diesel.
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jump → increase → diesel
There is variation between different stations in the West too - sometimes as much as 11p per litre for petrol - even if you discount motorway service stations that typically charge a premium.
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that → be → premium
Alex Wood from the Yeovil branch of Freewheelers, which delivers blood samples and other medical supplies by motorbike, said the impact has been "huge".
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impact → deliver → motorbike
"This year since January, it's gone up 20% so it's quite a big increase across our operational costs.
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it → go → costs
The charity is now having to dip into its reserves to keep afloat.
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charity → have → reserves
"We're having to do a lot more fundraising so that we can keep operating," Wood said.
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Wood → have → fundraising
We just have to keep going as best we can, we have to keep plodding on."
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we → have → ?
A taxi company based in Stroud in Gloucestershire previously told the BBC the current situation was a "complete nightmare" as it faced "continual pressure to lowball" its prices to stay afloat.
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it → base → prices
Berry's Coaches, which runs five services from the South West to London every day, said its costs have risen by £750,000 this year due to climbing fuel prices.
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costs → run → prices
Berry said it has had "a big impact", but he was confident the company could "weather the storm" as it had done before in its 100-year history.
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it → say → history
"We've absorbed a lot of that cost ourselves but unfortunately we've had to apply fuel surcharges across a number of our services - a £2 surcharge on each leg of the journey to London," he said.
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he → absorb → London
The government have delayed the rise in fuel duty but relatively that's quite a small impact - it will go up by 5p at some point by 2027.
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it → delay → 2027
"Really what we would like to see if further fuel duty cuts.
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duty → like → what
Chancellor John Healey said he was "very conscious" of people being hit by spiralling fuel prices caused by international factors.
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people → say → factors
He said he was "glad" to have frozen fuel duty until the end of the year and brought 'fuel finder' apps to help people find the cheapest petrol stations.
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people → say → stations
"I'm very aware as I prepare the budget - I'll deliver it a month today - that this needs to be a breathing space budget, recognising the cost of living and the cost of business pressures," he said at the Labour Party Conference.
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he → prepare → Conference
The BBC has found the most expensive petrol stations by doing an analysis of local prices using Fuel Finder UK, external, which presents prices from individual stations that are fed into a government dataset.
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that → find → dataset
Excluding petrol stations at motorway services or right next to motorway junctions, which are often much more expensive than average, there is still some variation from place to place.
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which → exclude → place
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