Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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World
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
The Golden Tours bus had ploughed into a souvenir stand as it turned the corner near the Admiralty pub at around 12.30pm.
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it → plough → 12.30pm
Images on social media showed key rings, tote bags, and T-shirts scattered around the scene of the crash,
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Images → show → crash
The same stand was then hit by a black 4x4.
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stand → hit → 4x4
“By the time I saw it, nobody was on the bus.
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nobody → see → bus
“The stall had been crippled.
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stall → cripple → ?
“My initial thought was to wonder how I’d get through to get home from work, it was only when I got closer that I realised it was worse than I thought.”
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I → wonder → work
The London Fire Brigade was called to the scene of the collision.
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Brigade → call → collision
A spokesperson for Golden Tours said an investigation was underway to determine the circumstances of the crash.
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investigation → say → crash
In a statement, the tour operator said: "The wellbeing and safety of our passengers, staff and members of the public are always our highest priority
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wellbeing → say → public
Incidents of this nature are extremely rare, and we take all matters relating to safety very seriously.
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we → take → safety
"We will be in a better position to provide further information once we have established the full facts."
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we → provide → facts
In a statement, the London Fire Brigade said: “Firefighters are in attendance at a road traffic collision on Spring Gardens in Charing Cross.
“One tourist bus was in collision with street furniture.
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bus → say → furniture
The Brigade was called at 1232.
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Brigade → call → 1232
Two fire engines and a Fire Rescue Unit from Euston, Paddington and Chelsea fire stations are attending the scene.”
The crash caused significant disruption across Trafalgar Square and the surrounding areas on Thursday afternoon.
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crash → attend → More
The bus was removed from the scene of the incident around 5 hours after the crash, with recovery operations complete by 5.43pm.
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operations → remove → 5.43pm
Spring Gardens remained closed for infrastructure repairs, while traffic around Trafalgar Square was partially restricted.
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traffic → remain → Square
At 8.26pm, westbound restrictions remained in place as repair teams continued working on damaged infrastructure.
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teams → remain → infrastructure