Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
2 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
In her role as a BBC news and sports presenter she has delivered her fair share of breaking stories.
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she → deliver → stories
And Amy Irons has now revealed what is possibly the biggest development in her life – that she and her partner are expecting their first baby next year.
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she → reveal → baby
Ms Irons, 35, delivered the good news live on air during her Radio Scotland The Saturday Show, co-hosted with friend and fellow broadcaster, Steven Mill.
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Irons → deliver → friend
A news release issued by BBC Scotland said her partner is 38-year-old PE teacher Elliot, and that her maternity cover would be revealed at a later date.
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cover → issue → date
Ms Irons told listeners: ‘In a rare turn of events, it’s actually me that has the news.
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that → tell → news
And I thought where else would I want to share such life-changing news really than on a show I love so much and with one of my best pals.
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I → think → pals
‘I am not often nice to you, Steven, but it does feel like a full-circle moment...
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it → feel → moment
I’m expecting a baby.’
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I → expect → baby
After congratulating her, Mr Mill told his tearful colleague he had wondered why she declined to join the BBC team covering the World Cup in America for after-work drinks.
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she → congratulate → drinks
That she knew she was expecting in June suggests a spring birth next year.
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she → know → birth
Ms Irons, 35, delivered the good news live on air during her Radio Scotland The Saturday Show
Ms Irons and her PE teacher boyfriend Elliot pose with a scan picture of their baby boy
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Irons → deliver → boy
‘I’m continuing a family tradition,’ she added.
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she → continue → tradition
‘I have four brothers, loads of boy cousins and a nephew, Ronin.
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I → have → cousins
It was always going to be a boy, wasn’t it?
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it → go → ?
As well as presenting The Saturday Show Ms Irons is a newsreader on Reporting Scotland.
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Irons → present → Scotland
Ms Irons has said it was Ms Bird who inspired her own career.
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who → say → career
She even posted a video online showing her putting on her own childhood Hogmanay show in front of the TV.
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her → post → TV
The clip showed the young Amy, microphone in hand, performing for her family.
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microphone → show → family
Alongside it, she wrote: 'The Hogmanay show I used to present.'
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I → write → show
The clip then cuts to footage of her hosting the BBC programme with a message saying: 'The Hogmanay show I now present.'
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I → cut → show
A staple of Scottish viewing for decades, the show was hosted for 20 years by Jackie Bird.
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show → host → Bird
Ms Irons has said: 'I have so many memories of watching Jackie Bird on the screen during Hogmanay.'
Ms Bird last brought in the Bells in 2019 before comedian Susan Calman had a two-year stint as host, with DJ Edith Bowman then taking over.
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Bowman → say → host
Dumfries-born Amy and Elliot are said to have been dating since the end of last year.
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Amy → bear → year
The good news comes several years after Ms Irons came through a devastating period of grief.
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Irons → come → grief
In 2018 her then boyfriend, Wayne Ewer died.
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boyfriend → die → 2018
Mr Ewer, who had struggled with depression, passed away after four days in hospital with Ms Irons at his bedside.
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who → struggle → bedside
She has said the tragedy changed her, helping her become more empathetic and understanding when talking to interviewees about their trauma.
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her → say → trauma
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