Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
19%
3 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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Other
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Trains run by a London rail firm have been pulled from service after staff discovered bedbugs crawling in their cabs.
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bedbugs → run → cabs
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Carriages were sealed off after the insects were found crawling in the cabs of at least two trains run by Southeastern and on drivers’ bags.
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insects → read → bags
At least three services were cancelled on Friday, with further cancellations reportedly taking place after the first sighting was recorded on September 22, according to reports.
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sighting → cancel → reports
According to internal messages seen by The Telegraph, drivers have refused to board affected trains without wearing ‘hazmat suits’.
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drivers → accord → suits
One train on Tuesday, nicknamed the Bedbug Express by insiders, was in service with two carriages locked and out of use to isolate passengers from being affected.
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carriages → nickname → passengers
It was then taken out of service as it was inspected.
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it → take → service
The outbreak of bugs is reportedly linked to the West Marina train care depot near Hastings, East Sussex, which serves the train company’s routes between London and Kent.
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which → link → London
Sightings have also been reported on Southeastern’s High Speed 1 line services, its high speed services between London and Kent, raising fears the bugs are spreading, the Telegraph reported.
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Telegraph → report → fears
But Southeastern says no bugs have been found on those services.
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bugs → say → services
A Southeastern incident log from earlier this week said a driver had refused even to get into the cab of a train containing bedbugs to move it across the depot unless “provided with a white full-body protection suit ... in case any bugs transfer to themself” [sic].
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bugs → say → themself
Described as “nits for fully grown adults”, the small brown insects hide in warm nooks and crevices of beds and other furniture, before creeping out at night to bite humans, causing spots and rashes.
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insects → describe → spots
Removing them is typically expensive and time-consuming, and can involve disposing of infested large furnishings.
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Removing → remove → furnishings
Oly Turner, Southeastern’s Head of Drivers, said:“We have a great relationship with our drivers, who have helped hugely in cooperating with us over these isolated incidents.
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who → have → incidents
When we receive reports such as these we check trains thoroughly before they are put back into service when given the all clear.
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they → receive → clear
“Cases have been contained to the drivers cabs in only two of our trains and no bed bugs have been identified in areas for passengers.
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bugs → contain → passengers
We continually carry out robust cleaning across our trains and stations, ensuring our customers and employees can travel safely and with confidence.”
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customers → carry → confidence
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