Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
4 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Health
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
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A lifelong horse lover was able to spend time with two ponies in the final days of her life after a community appeal helped arrange a surprise hospice visit.
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appeal → publish → visit
Denise Lee, from Ashington, West Sussex, had loved horses since childhood and volunteered with the Riding for the Disabled Association but her cancer diagnosis meant she could no longer ride.
While receiving care at St Barnabas House in Worthing last month, she told the hospice's staff she would love to touch a horse and experience the "horsey smell" again.
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she → love → smell
A healthcare assistant suggested trying to make the wish happen and Joanne, Denise's daughter, appealed for help through local Facebook community groups.
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Joanne → suggest → groups
"She was a horse lover from I think the age of like five or six," Joanne said.
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Joanne → think → five
"She loved all animals, but horses were really special to her.
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horses → love → her
So she rode throughout her whole life."
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she → ride → life
The post was spotted by Kerry Saunders, from Ashington, who offered to bring two Shetland ponies to the hospice.
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who → spot → hospice
Staff helped move Denise's bed into a courtyard so she could meet the animals and stroke them, with family members, including her granddaughters, Sassi, aged eight, and Phoebe, aged seven, also there.
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she → move → granddaughters
"The horses walked round the corner and there wasn't a dry eye in the place," Joanne said.
"
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Joanne → walk → place
Everyone was crying.
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Everyone → cry → ?
Joanne described the response to her appeal as "overwhelming".
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Joanne → describe → appeal
The visit took place on Friday 14 August, the last day that her mother was fully conscious, she said, adding: "It was the last wonderful day that we got to spend with her doing something that we know that she loved and wanted to do."
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she → take → that
Denise died the following Sunday.
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Denise → die → ?
Kerry Saunders said Denise's face "just lit up".
"She was able to stroke them and feel their breath, which is exactly what she wanted," she said.
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she → say → what
The former nurse added: "I just felt so privileged to be able to fulfil one of her last wishes, and the ponies were absolutely amazing.
"
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ponies → add → wishes
They put their heads on her bed."
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They → put → bed
She said the ponies also visited another patient after staff were asked if they could stop by a second room.
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they → say → room
Joanne said it was a "fantastic" day that she would look back on with happy memories.
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she → say → memories
She said: "There's that spark of joy in otherwise what was such an emotionally difficult weekend."
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what → say → joy
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