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A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | -0.132027 | null | -0.166593 | -0.349687 | 0.689755 | null | 0.822226 | 0.128507 |
501 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | -0.582652 | -0.252998 | null | -0.293938 | 0.23913 | 0.213418 | null | 0.184255 |
502 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | null | 0.390986 | -0.616619 | 0.319644 | null | 0.857402 | 0.3722 | 0.797838 |
503 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | -0.667504 | null | -0.273304 | -0.472756 | 0.154278 | null | 0.715515 | 0.005437 |
504 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | -0.181939 | 0.14485 | null | 0.139804 | 0.639843 | 0.611266 | null | 0.617997 |
505 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | null | 0.362649 | -0.456935 | -0.476027 | null | 0.829065 | 0.531884 | 0.002167 |
506 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | -0.123551 | -0.161704 | -0.402374 | null | 0.698231 | 0.304712 | 0.586445 | null |
507 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | -0.366254 | 0.522774 | null | -0.161859 | 0.455528 | 0.98919 | null | 0.316335 |
508 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | -0.233935 | 0.385419 | -0.449565 | null | 0.587847 | 0.851835 | 0.539254 | null |
509 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | 0.13605 | 0.2753 | -0.628587 | null | 0.957832 | 0.741716 | 0.360232 | null |
510 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | null | -0.290344 | -0.547609 | 0.42396 | null | 0.176072 | 0.44121 | 0.902154 |
511 | 1,768 |
A Chinese man who has been left with a memory that lasts just five minutes has found the only way he can cope is to continually write down every detail of his life in a precious notebook. Chen Hongzhi, 25, from Hsinchu county, Beipu, suffered a serious head injury in a car accident when he was a teenager which has left him with virtually no memory, The People's Daily reports. He writes down everything - from the people he meets in the street to the weather - as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. Memory book: Chen Hongzhi uses the notebook to write down people he meets and what he does each day after being left with a five-minute memory following a car crash . Chen suffered the severe brain injury in a car accident when he was 17 and spent months in intensive care in hospital. While his body recovered, his memory loss is still so severe that he often forgets things that happened between five and 10 minutes ago. The debilitating condition also means that Chen cannot remember how to write properly, so he makes notes in a phonetic 'scrawl' that mostly only he understands. 'This is my record, I write in it everyday, even if it is pouring down with rain or if I don't go out to do the weeding I still l must write, "Heavy rain",' he said. 'Whenever I get home from any time away I quickly grab my notebook and write down important things from the day - who I've met, what I've done, how much money I got from recycling bottles, all that sort of stuff.' Life record: Chen writes down everything from the people he meets in the street to the weather as his injury means he has to start from scratch each day. He has even developed his own language . Dependants: Chen Hongzhi with his mother Wang Miao-chiong, who starts the day by handing Chen his notebook and reminding him he is no-longer 17. They are reliant on each other following the recent death of his father . Every day when Chen wakes up, his mother, Wang Miao-chiong, must remind him that he is no longer 17 and eight years have passed. She hands him the notebook so he can read what has happened in his life since the accident and check important details like who his friends are and what needs to be done that day. Chen's story has spread online in China after it was compared to that of the fictional character played by Nicole Kidman in the film Before I Go to Sleep. His condition means Chen is unable to hold down a job so he raises a small amount of money by walking several kilometres collecting plastic bottles. Chen also collects wood that he and his mother use to make a fire to cook their food. His mother, 60, said the practical system has kept Chen going for years, but she worries about what will happen to him after she has gone, particularly given the recent death of his father. Guide to life: Chen Hongzhi, 25, has had to write everything down after he suffered brain injuries that left him with a five-minute memory, when he was 17 . They get by on donations from neighbours and friends in the tiny village in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu County, who have given Chen the nickname 'short memory man' because he forgets having met them within 24 hours. She said the family had initially hoped he would go back to school but soon realised there would be little point. 'It had been planned that would go back to school but there was no point as he could never remember the lessons, and has been living at home with me ever since.' Before the accident: Chen poses with a pony before a car accident left him with very little memory . Hard worker: Despite having very little memory, Chen collects firewood for his family to use in the stove . The pair are totally dependent on each other, with Chen having his mother there to reassure him about who he is and he, in turn, provides the physical strength to earn the money and carry out the household chores. A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss. Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing it and retrieving it. Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss. Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after the accident. A person can appear to be relatively well, but everyday memory for events or conversations can be interrupted. They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months. But the most common – and the most troublesome - type of memory loss is short term memory loss. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Examples of this are forgetting what has just been said, having difficulty in learning a new skill, repeating the same question over and over, forgetting people's names, getting details mixed up, forgetting a change in routine and forgetting where things have been placed. There is no guaranteed cure for this type of memory problem, and rehabilitation will try to help a person cope using tried and tested strategies. However, memory is not like a muscle that can be developed just by stretching it. Source: Headway: The Brain Injury Association . After the death of his father, he was forced to step up his bottle collecting activities, where he was spotted by a traveller who was fascinated by his story, and posted on social media where it quickly spread. Beipu village chief, Liu Chin-ting, said the family receives monthly support from Hsinchu County's social welfare department, which is helping the family to get by. Welfare workers also make it a point to visit Chen and his mother during festive holidays, he said. But Liu said he believes the boy could still have a future if there was a medical facility that was prepared to take in and give him proper physiotherapy and training. He said: 'He needs to get some preparation because his mother won't be there forever, and maybe they can get to the point where he can even hold down a regular job'. The family have been flooded with offers of people wanting to send money but Chief Liu, who is helping to negotiate, said what they really need now is is practical everyday donations like tissue paper, rice, salt and soy sauce. He said: 'Once the basics are sorted out, perhaps it might be possible to look at taking the time to find something more for the mid-term and long-term, but at the moment they just need to survive.' Chen meanwhile is clearly happy, as his diary notes that kind donations of money have been flooding in and he's very happy that people want to help. He knows he is destined to forget everything, but also knows that nothing he can do about that except keep his sense of humour. He said: 'I am reading here about all the people that want to give me money, but I would say don't give me too much, because it looks as if I'll probably forget where I put it all.' In the film Before I Go to Sleep, 40-year-old Christine Lucas, played by Nicole Kidman lives a life where she wakes up every day forgetting what has gone on the day before. In a remarkable similarity, she has to remind herself by writing notes each day about what has happened to her since the car accident. Alike: Chen's story has led to comparisons between himself and Holywood blockbuster Before I Go to Sleep (2014), starring Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as Ben Lucas .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 11.1 | 83.88303 | 1,493 | 54.11985 | 0.821782 | 0.466416 | 0.988819 | 0.478194 | 0.000521 | 4.32825 | -0.639255 | null | -0.537315 | 0.330069 | 0.182527 | null | 0.451504 | 0.808263 |
512 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
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Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | null | -0.117586 | 0.20619 | 0.162125 | null | 0.004599 | 0.607308 | 0.287067 |
513 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
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Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.526645 | 0.620103 | null | 0.352779 | 0.892982 | 0.742288 | null | 0.477722 |
514 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | -0.12371 | null | -0.114189 | 0.242413 | 0.242626 | null | 0.286929 | 0.367355 |
515 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.179448 | null | 0.396164 | -0.11707 | 0.545785 | null | 0.797283 | 0.007872 |
516 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.349251 | 0.19159 | null | 0.472291 | 0.715588 | 0.313776 | null | 0.597233 |
517 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | null | 0.561699 | -0.220446 | 0.185063 | null | 0.683884 | 0.180672 | 0.310005 |
518 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.52665 | 0.354179 | null | 0.61389 | 0.892986 | 0.476365 | null | 0.738832 |
519 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.486537 | 0.689987 | null | 0.607378 | 0.852874 | 0.812172 | null | 0.73232 |
520 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | -0.324277 | 0.14278 | 0.254068 | null | 0.04206 | 0.264966 | 0.655187 | null |
521 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.200034 | 0.324691 | null | 0.430836 | 0.566371 | 0.446877 | null | 0.555778 |
522 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | null | 0.240024 | 0.213506 | 0.526401 | null | 0.362209 | 0.614624 | 0.651343 |
523 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | -0.227011 | 0.418076 | null | 0.352924 | 0.139325 | 0.540261 | null | 0.477867 |
524 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | -0.344672 | 0.357343 | null | 0.656035 | 0.021665 | 0.479528 | null | 0.780977 |
525 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | null | 0.483776 | -0.358942 | 0.353889 | null | 0.605961 | 0.042176 | 0.478831 |
526 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.276847 | 0.263198 | null | 0.17727 | 0.643184 | 0.385383 | null | 0.302212 |
527 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | -0.123038 | 0.464258 | null | 0.637345 | 0.243299 | 0.586443 | null | 0.762287 |
528 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.336389 | 0.350736 | null | 0.387247 | 0.702726 | 0.472921 | null | 0.512189 |
529 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.445484 | 0.243041 | 0.444301 | null | 0.811821 | 0.365226 | 0.845419 | null |
530 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.49266 | 0.130867 | 0.491829 | null | 0.858997 | 0.253053 | 0.892947 | null |
531 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | -0.129107 | 0.242764 | 0.14449 | null | 0.23723 | 0.36495 | 0.545608 | null |
532 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | null | 0.142034 | 0.26691 | 0.380369 | null | 0.26422 | 0.668028 | 0.505311 |
533 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.25302 | 0.492772 | null | 0.644171 | 0.619357 | 0.614957 | null | 0.769113 |
534 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.182201 | null | 0.392721 | 0.476961 | 0.548538 | null | 0.793839 | 0.601903 |
535 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | -0.113742 | 0.464514 | null | 0.353057 | 0.252595 | 0.5867 | null | 0.477999 |
536 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.553193 | 0.160898 | 0.108239 | null | 0.91953 | 0.283083 | 0.509357 | null |
537 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.609256 | 0.360241 | 0.204482 | null | 0.975593 | 0.482426 | 0.6056 | null |
538 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.579542 | null | -0.264637 | 0.348006 | 0.945879 | null | 0.136481 | 0.472948 |
539 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.204864 | 0.568779 | null | 0.483908 | 0.5712 | 0.690964 | null | 0.60885 |
540 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.632223 | 0.124454 | null | 0.329969 | 0.99856 | 0.246639 | null | 0.454911 |
541 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
| 6.5 | 55.070886 | 652 | 43.963964 | 0.366337 | 0.122185 | 0.401118 | 0.124942 | 0.000111 | 0.918173 | 0.111889 | null | -0.327696 | 0.500614 | 0.478226 | null | 0.073422 | 0.625556 |
542 | 3,057 |
Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
|
Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
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Beyond ascertaining this, and having been the bearer of Ada's letter,
and being (as I was going to be) Richard's companion back to London,
I had done no good by coming down. Admitting this to myself with a
reluctant heart, I said I would return to the hotel and wait until he
joined me there, so he threw a cloak over his shoulders and saw me to
the gate, and Charley and I went back along the beach. There was a concourse of people in one spot, surrounding some naval
officers who were landing from a boat, and pressing about them with
unusual interest. I said to Charley this would be one of the great
Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. The gentlemen came slowly up from the waterside, speaking
good-humouredly to each other and to the people around and glancing
about them as if they were glad to be in England again. "Charley,
Charley," said I, "come away!" And I hurried on so swiftly that my
little maid was surprised. It was not until we were shut up in our cabin-room and I had had time
to take breath that I began to think why I had made such haste. In
one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I
had been afraid of his recognizing me. I had been unwilling that he
should see my altered looks. I had been taken by surprise, and my
courage had quite failed me. But I knew this would not do, and I now said to myself, "My dear,
there is no reason--there is and there can be no reason at all--why
it should be worse for you now than it ever has been. What you were
last month, you are to-day; you are no worse, you are no better. This
is not your resolution; call it up, Esther, call it up!" I was in a
great tremble--with running--and at first was quite unable to calm
myself; but I got better, and I was very glad to know it. The party came to the hotel. I heard them speaking on the staircase. I was sure it was the same gentlemen because I knew their voices
again--I mean I knew Mr. Woodcourt's. It would still have been a
great relief to me to have gone away without making myself known, but
I was determined not to do so. "No, my dear, no. No, no, no!" I untied my bonnet and put my veil half up--I think I mean half down,
but it matters very little--and wrote on one of my cards that I
happened to be there with Mr. Richard Carstone, and I sent it in to
Mr. Woodcourt. He came immediately. I told him I was rejoiced to be
by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. And I saw
that he was very sorry for me. "You have been in shipwreck and peril since you left us, Mr.
Woodcourt," said I, "but we can hardly call that a misfortune which
enabled you to be so useful and so brave. We read of it with the
truest interest. It first came to my knowledge through your old
patient, poor Miss Flite, when I was recovering from my severe
illness." "Ah! Little Miss Flite!"
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Dataset: kmfoda/booksum/validation
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
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545 | 2,479 |
This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
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546 | 2,479 |
This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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This is the incredible moment a woodpecker was caught on camera giving a small weasel a lift on its back. The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim. Scroll down for video . The incredible photograph shows the tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London. It was captured by photographer Martin Le-May, who had been enjoying a walk through the park with his wife . Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, Mr Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the woodpecker as his next victim. However, instead of falling prey, the bird decided to take flight with the animal on its back and soared through the sky . Mr Le-May, a project manager from Essex, managed to capture the action photo during a walk with his wife Ann yesterday. He later posted the photograph on Twitter with the caption: 'Took this picture earlier today. Heard woodpecker in distress, then flew up with weasel on back.' The image has now gone viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one-in-a-million' snap on social media. The 52-year-old, who enjoys photography as a hobby, told MailOnline: 'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk. 'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking. 'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker". 'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise. The small weasel could be seen clinging to the back of the woodpecker, with its arms wrapped around the bird's body, as it took flight . Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran off . 'I decided to pick my camera up to have a look and just as I picked up the camera it flew off so I just started snapping at it as it came across in front of us.' It was at that point Mr Le-May said he noticed the small animal on the back of the bird and realised it was either a stoat or a weasel. He said: 'I said to my wife: "It has something on its back and I think it's a stoat or weasel". 'The bird landed about 20 metres in front of us and I said to my wife that there's a chance this weasel could eat the woodpecker. 'But as we walked towards it, I think we distracted the weasel and the woodpecker flew off back into the bushes where it had originally come from. It initially settled down on the grass but then a few seconds later it flew off into the trees. Mr Le-May, 52, (pictured) who enjoys photography as a hobby, said the response to the action photograph had been 'outstanding' and 'absolutely mind-blowing' 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.' 'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.' Mr Le-May, who has two grown-up daughters, said he only realised how remarkable his picture was when he downloaded it from his camera onto his computer. He said he had never taken a photograph quite like the one he captured of the woodpecker and said the response had been 'absolutely mind-blowing'. He added: 'I did get quite excited, I must admit. You look at it and your first reaction is "ooh I've taken a picture" and then the second thought is "I've taken a picture of a woodpecker with a weasel on its back". It's quite outstanding. 'I think Ann was quite excited to see a woodpecker and see it in the context of being attacked by a weasel and then quite excited that my photograph has been seen by more than a million people. 'I personally think I've taken photos of better quality before, but they don't have any drama in. I've not taken anything like this before. 'For over a million people to see your work is quite mind-blowing and outstanding.' Mr Le-May used his Canon 70D camera and his 300m f2.8L lens to take the picture and usually just takes photos of wild birds at Rainham Marshes bird reserve in Essex. He added: 'I usually go there once a week and see lots of robins, chaffinches, blue tits, grey tits, coal tits and wetland birds. 'The only weasel I had ever seen before this was when my wife were driving back from London and one ran across the road in front of us at Hackney Marshes.' Richard James, a wildlife advisor for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'These are an incredible set of images. 'Weasels are ferocious predators and often attack prey much larger than themselves. 'In this case the weasel appears to have targeted the woodpecker due to the fact the green woodpeckers often spend a lot of on the ground eating ants so is very susceptible to attack. 'If this had been a weaker bird I'm sure the attack would have been successful but this woodpecker was strong enough to take flight with the weasel on his back. 'It was pretty fortunate to escape. 'Green woodpeckers are relatively common but to see it in a mid-air battle like this is incredibly unusual. 'This is truly a one-in-a-million shot.' Mr James said he believed the weasel would have weighed about 190grams and been about 32cms long. Mr Le-May's image is much like the one taken by grandmother-of-four Andree Siwadi, 70, who spotted a frog clinging to the back of a goldfish in her garden pond in Winton, near Bournemouth in Dorset, in April last year. She took a photo of the incredible moment the amphibian hitched a ride from one side of the pond to the other (pictured) and said he had 'never seen anything like it before in her life' From Buzz Lightyear to the 'weasel' John Terry: Internet reacts to stunning action photo with series of hilarious memes . The internet was awash with hilarious memes this afternoon following the emergence of Martin Le-May's incredible photograph. Elliot Wagland posted one meme featuring Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear (left) while AngryBritain.com posted one of John Travolta (right) on Twitter . Fans were quick to replicate the photo and turn it into a meme with the addition of a famous face, including one featuring Miley Cyrus in her infamous Wrecking Ball get-up (left) and another of Will Smith's son Jaden, crouching while topless on the small mammal and bird . One meme by Ben Lloyd/Techwriteuk replaced the weasel with Chelsea captain John Terry (left), while another by @Tee_Lichtenrade superimposed Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, onto the back of the green woodpecker. The memes have been circulating on Twitter . One Twitter account, @sklueche, added Russia's Vladimir Putin to the back of the small weasel (left) while Christopher Hooton from The Independent added one featuring The Rock (right) Another meme circulating online this afternoon featured a range of animals on top of the woodpecker including an elephant and a lion .
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The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.253409 | null | -0.308957 | -0.289615 | 0.518868 | null | 0.474412 | 0.610947 |
577 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.561567 | -0.297008 | -0.363857 | null | 0.21071 | 0.429325 | 0.419511 | null |
578 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | null | -0.440293 | -0.288236 | -0.391129 | null | 0.286039 | 0.495132 | 0.509432 |
579 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.326489 | -0.617046 | -0.396519 | null | 0.445789 | 0.109287 | 0.386849 | null |
580 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.166111 | 0.149895 | null | -0.64793 | 0.606166 | 0.876228 | null | 0.252632 |
581 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.527639 | -0.572396 | null | -0.48046 | 0.244638 | 0.153937 | null | 0.420101 |
582 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.533065 | -0.531106 | null | -0.689398 | 0.239212 | 0.195227 | null | 0.211164 |
583 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.625213 | null | -0.391143 | -0.393688 | 0.147064 | null | 0.392225 | 0.506874 |
584 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.597688 | null | -0.455092 | -0.589946 | 0.174589 | null | 0.328276 | 0.310616 |
585 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | null | -0.338684 | -0.20864 | -0.564234 | null | 0.387649 | 0.574728 | 0.336328 |
586 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | null | 0.186276 | -0.502909 | -0.565832 | null | 0.912609 | 0.28046 | 0.334729 |
587 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | 0.123729 | 0.132169 | -0.378701 | null | 0.896006 | 0.858502 | 0.404668 | null |
588 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.541539 | -0.639421 | null | -0.640993 | 0.230738 | 0.086912 | null | 0.259569 |
589 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.373053 | null | 0.182831 | -0.556401 | 0.399225 | null | 0.9662 | 0.344161 |
590 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.245818 | -0.333223 | 0.127544 | null | 0.526459 | 0.39311 | 0.910912 | null |
591 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.697306 | null | -0.449521 | -0.510567 | 0.074972 | null | 0.333847 | 0.389995 |
592 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.124107 | -0.173472 | null | -0.425354 | 0.64817 | 0.55286 | null | 0.475208 |
593 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.630459 | 0.194867 | null | -0.112118 | 0.141818 | 0.921199 | null | 0.788444 |
594 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | null | -0.565412 | -0.666894 | -0.352242 | null | 0.16092 | 0.116474 | 0.54832 |
595 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | null | -0.562789 | -0.694953 | -0.216702 | null | 0.163544 | 0.088415 | 0.683859 |
596 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.644114 | -0.379929 | null | -0.557921 | 0.128163 | 0.346403 | null | 0.34264 |
597 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.638899 | -0.10426 | -0.248397 | null | 0.133379 | 0.622073 | 0.534972 | null |
598 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.449439 | -0.652216 | null | -0.38696 | 0.322838 | 0.074116 | null | 0.513602 |
599 | 1,685 |
The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. Tony Hall and his wife Cynthia have been guarded round the clock at their home since a terrifying email was sent to the BBC just hours after he took the dramatic decision to drop the controversial Top Gear star. Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police. Scroll down for video . Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, leaves his home escorted by security officers . Lord Hall was placed under protection immediately after the BBC received the death threat . Lord Hall leaves his Oxfordshire home as a personal protection security van remains parked outside . The Mail on Sunday has learned that the BBC's head of security put out an urgent appeal for ex-Special Forces personnel to take part in the top-secret operation to protect Lord Hall, at a cost to licence payers estimated at more than £1,000 a day. A security source told this newspaper: 'There was a sudden urgency on Wednesday to find an eight-man security team to protect the Director-General of the BBC. 'A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, the DG had received a death threat. 'Some of the operation was visible, as a deterrent, while other bodyguards would have kept a very low profile.' Closely guarded: Lord Hall arrives back at his home in with security minders standing by . Under protection: Last night Scotland Yard confirmed officers were investigating the 'threat to kill' made on Wednesday, after the BBC decided it was 'credible' and alerted police . On alert: The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards . Our exclusive pictures show that within hours of the death threat being made, Lord Hall and his wife were under close guard at their £1.5 million Oxfordshire home. At 10.30am on Thursday, two men sat in unmarked Mercedes cars parked on double yellow lines outside Lord Hall's 18th Century townhouse, occasionally mounting patrols around the nearby streets. At 4.40pm one of the cars, a saloon, pulled up outside the front door and the driver waved to the driver of the other car, an estate. Lady Hall emerged from their house and was escorted to the saloon and driven off, before the car returned without her. At 9pm that evening the two men in the Mercedes cars were relieved by a team from a leading provider of security services. A Ford Transit Connect van marked London Protection Services Ltd drew up outside the house and two black-clad men sat outside the property overnight. Security team members keep a close eye on Lord Hall's wife Cynthia as she escorted from the property . The firm, which has 1,000 operatives from military, Special Forces and police backgrounds, charges £300 per man, per shift. At 6am on Friday, Lady Hall came out of her front door to speak to one of the security men, who then joined her inside the house. Lord Hall, dressed down in a green Barbour jacket, black jeans and walking boots, then emerged and drove a mud-spattered Jeep to the front door. He filled up the boot of the off-road vehicle, watched by the bodyguards, before his wife joined him and they drove off together. It is believed they went to their second home in the West Country for the weekend after Lord Hall's most turbulent week at head of the BBC since he took over two years ago in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The Director-General became a target after taking the final decision to axe Clarkson, the BBC's biggest star, from his £1 million-a-year role presenting the Corporation's biggest global money-spinner. Overnight shift: The guards remained stationed outside the property throughout the night . Two security team members hired to protect Lord Hall and his wife stand guard beside unmarked cars . He decided not to renew the 54-year-old's Top Gear contract after an internal investigation found that he had punched producer Oisin Tymon in a 30-second physical assault, following a prolonged verbal tirade. The 'fracas' was over the lack of a hot meal after a day's filming. North Yorkshire Police are investigating – but although Mr Tymon does not want them to press charges, he has been the subject of sustained abuse from Top Gear fans who blame him for Clarkson's sacking. One Twitter user said they hoped Mr Tymon 'visits the morgue very soon' while another wrote: 'Tony Hall BBC director, I wonder if Oisin's and your head can stop a bullet!!! just wondering.' The chilling email was sent to the BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked . An insider said: 'With less than 12 hours' notice the close protection officers were asked if they could go to the DG's house to protect him and his family. The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required. The threat was also regarded as credible. 'On that basis, requests for close protection officers to make themselves available for this job were put out on Facebook pages and groups which are strictly for approved and highly qualified security personnel. A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Tony Hall. 'The security operation took various forms, including personal security at home and following his car when he was driving. ' Lord Hall has received a death threat before. In 1999 he went into hiding under police protection following a call that said he would be 'next' after the murder of Jill Dando. At the time, Lord Hall was chief executive of BBC News. The new threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy. Scotland Yard said last night: 'Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of threats to kill. The allegation was reported to police on Wednesday. Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made.' The BBC added: 'We wouldn't comment on security matters.'
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Dataset: ccdv/cnn_dailymail/3.0.0/validation
| 10.6 | 105.638095 | 1,199 | 66.262815 | 0.772277 | 0.726333 | 0.783368 | 0.900562 | 0.000306 | 2.541449 | -0.544847 | 0.104798 | null | -0.543603 | 0.227431 | 0.831131 | null | 0.356959 |
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