Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
69/100
BBC News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Economy/Business
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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A woman has said she is frightened to put her heating on because the cost of domestic oil has nearly doubled.
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cost → publish → oil
Roslynn Garner-Gatley, 76, lives in a three-bedroom semi-detached cottage in Yealmpton, south Devon, with no gas supply and relies entirely on oil for heating and hot water.
She said her oil tank held 1,000 litres (220 gallons).
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tank → live → litres
About six months earlier, she bought 500 litres (110 gallons) for £317 plus VAT but, when she contacted her supplier for a current quote, she was told the same amount would cost £600 plus VAT.
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amount → buy → 600
Garner-Gatley said: "I did not expect at my age after working for 50 years to be in a situation where I am terrified of putting on the heating because of the price of it."
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I → say → it
Garner-Gatley said she had started going to bed earlier to keep warm while watching television and had recently begun using a hot water bottle and bed socks as evening temperatures dropped.
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temperatures → say → bottle
She said instead of keeping hot water on a timer, she only switched it on when she needed it for washing, cooking or bathing before turning it off again.
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she → say → it
She added that people living in rural areas who depended on oil had "no choice" but to buy it.
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who → add → it
She said: "After working all my life I didn't expect to be constantly worrying about how to keep warm at my age.
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I → say → age
Heating fuel costs have risen by up to 82% since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran, according to Minster for Energy Consumers Polly Billington.
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costs → rise → Billington
Earlier in October, the government promised better regulation of the sector.
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government → promise → sector
Ministers said they would tighten up rules, promote competition and give customers clearer compensation routes if things went wrong.
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things → say → routes
Minimum order levels set for some customers would also be reviewed, they added.
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they → set → customers
Cornwall Council and Devon County Council have money available for households struggling with increasing heating oil costs from their crisis resilience funds, which are provided by the government.
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which → have → government
Cornwall Council said it had issued payments of £300 to £1,386 households, a total spend of £415,800, which would double after a decision was made to award a further £300 to the same households.
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decision → say → households
The Devon fund, worth about £8.4m a year, is available through district councils, and is targeted at low‑income households facing an "essential cost they cannot afford".
Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council also have their own crisis resilience funds.
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Council → target → funds
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