Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 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
8
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
British adventurer Karl Bushby crossed the Humber Bridge through thick mist on the final leg of his 31,000-mile (49,890 km), 28-year trek from South America to Hull.
asserted
Bushby → publish → Hull
Bushby left Chile in 1998 to head home to the UK without breaking two self-imposed rules: not to return to the UK until he had completed his journey, and not to use transport to advance.
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he → leave → transport
The adventurer said he was "absolutely overwhelmed" by the crowds who lined the bridge.
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who → say → bridge
Bushby, a former paratrooper, is due to complete the challenge on Monday and will be met by his mother, his son and granddaughter when he arrives in Hull.
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he → complete → Hull
The adventurer has said the opportunity to embark on his walk came after the breakdown of his marriage, when his wife returned to Northern Ireland with their son.
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wife → say → son
"When I left home and I walked down south first of all to test the machine that I first had, I don't remember any of that journey except for the Humber Bridge," he said on Sunday.
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he → leave → Sunday
"There's that mystic look to it where you can't see the other side of the river.
"
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you → be → river
Aged 29, Bushby said he walked out of Punta Arenas, Chile, with a few hundred dollars in his pocket and turned north for home.
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he → age → home
By the time he swum back across the English Channel on 5 October, Bushby, now 57, had crossed four continents, a frozen sea, deserts, mountains and jungles.
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Bushby → swim → continents
"[I'm] just absolutely overwhelmed," he said on Sunday when he spoke to BBC Radio Humberside.
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he → say → Humberside
By "we", Busby may have meant the royal we, or The Beast, the cart he has spent 28 years pushing.
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he → mean → years
"This is my Wilson," he said, a reference to a volleyball that Tom Hanks's character talked to in the film Cast Away.
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character → say → film
"I'm just a homeless guy pushing a shopping trolley, and the next thing you know is this," he said, nodding to the crowds lining the bridge.
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he → push → bridge
"And I have to really kind of just stop and think about what this means to other people."
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this → have → people
On Monday morning, Bushby will begin the final part of his walk back to his mother's home in north Hull.
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Bushby → begin → Hull
He will set off from Hessle and walk to Queen Victoria Square, where a reception will be held for him outside the Civic Hall.
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reception → set → Hall
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