Claims extracted
30
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
3%
1 of 30 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Mr Bushby, now 57, told crowds in the city centre: “There has never been a welcome home quite like this.”
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Bushby → tell → this
On Monday, he made the penultimate stop of his epic journey in the centre of Hull, where he was greeted by hundreds of well-wishers outside the City Hall.
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he → make → Hall
He was mobbed and cheered as he walked into Queen Victoria Square wheeling his cart, before telling the crowd: “There has never been a welcome home quite like this, I’m sure.
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I → mob → this
After 28 years, you couldn’t ask for more than this.
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you → ask → this
He went inside for a civic reception before setting off for the final leg of his 31,000-mile (50,000km) journey – the three miles to his mother’s house, in the north of the city, which he last visited in 1998.
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he → go → 1998
More crowds greeted Mr Bushby when he arrived at his final destination and gave his mother Angela a hug outside her terraced house.
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he → greet → house
The first thing Mrs Bushby said to her son was: “Where have you been?”
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you → say → son
Mr Bushby said: “Where have I been?
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I → say → ?
He then told the well-wishers and reporters: “I’m going to get myself a cup of tea.”
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I → tell → tea
Mr Bushby’s father Keith and his granddaughter were also among those posing for the mass of photographers.
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father → pose → photographers
Neighbours from the surrounding estate came out to cheer him back, many having decorated their homes with “Welcome Home Karl” banners and flags.
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many → surround → banners
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Monday’s leg crowns years of dangerous escapades, including crossing the notorious Darien Gap in Central America and traversing the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia on the frozen sea.
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leg → read → sea
Mr Bushby arrived back in England earlier this month, announcing that he had swum the Channel.
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he → arrive → Channel
He told the crowd in the city centre: “Twenty-eight years…
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He → tell → years
I could not have imagined this.
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I → imagine → this
He said: “I guess I’ll be seeing you around.
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I → say → you
I’ll be knocking about for a while, I guess.”
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I → knock → while
Mr Bushby said: “I didn’t do this alone.
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I → say → this
“That’s what it took to get me back.”
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it → ’ → me
Lord Mayor of Hull Maria Coward told Mr Bushby: “For 28 years – 10,229 days – Hull has been waiting for your return.”
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Hull → tell → return
She said: “Hull is proud of you.
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Hull → say → you
I’m proud of you.
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I → ’m → you
Everyone’s proud of you.”
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Everyone → ’ → you
Mr Turner read Mr Burnham’s message of congratulations on what he described as an “extraordinary journey”.
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he → read → journey
It said: “To walk around the world from Chile and back again is an achievement of truly remarkable proportions.
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walk → say → proportions
“It speaks of courage, resilience, perseverance and unbreakable spirit.”
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It → speak → courage
The Prime Minister’s statement also thanked Mr Bushby for his service to the country as a soldier.
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statement → thank → soldier
He said: “Your journey has taken nearly three decades, crossed continents and tested you in ways that most of us can barely imagine.
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most → say → us
“But today, as you return to the city from which you left 28 years ago, you bring something far greater than any world record or remarkable personal achievement.
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you → return → record
“You bring a story of what can be accomplished through extraordinary determination and self-belief.”
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what → bring → determination
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