Facebook post offering free Toby Carvery meals isn’t genuine
The post claiming to be giving away free meals to those who share and comment on it has been shared thousands of times on Facebook. Read
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Hannah Smith
Senior Political Journalist
Hannah joined Full Fact as a fact checker in May 2022. Before that she wrote news and features for UNILAD. She is a qualified journalist, and also has a degree in history.
A road sign showing Oxford is being divided into ‘districts’ is fake
Oxfordshire County Council has confirmed there are no plans to introduce such road signs in the city, contrary to posts on social media. Read
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Education
£95k average headteacher salary refers only to state secondary schools
The Daily Express repeated a claim made by education secretary Gillian Keegan last month about headteacher salaries, which failed to clarify the figure referred only to those in secondary schools Read
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Health
Are more dentists now working in the NHS?
We look at conflicting claims about the state of NHS dentistry made by the Prime Minister and the British Dental Association. Read
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Electoral Commission has no evidence of tellers engaging in voter fraud
A Facebook post claims tellers outside polling stations are collecting information to enable people to commit voter fraud. There’s no evidence this is actually happening. Read
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Covid-19 vaccines are not being used to treat strep A or scarlet fever
In a Facebook video, Chris Preddie made a number of inaccurate claims about the Covid-19 vaccines. Read
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The World Economic Forum has not called for paedophilia to be decriminalised
Quotes attributed to the WEF and its co-founder Klaus Schwab circulating on Facebook have been denied by a WEF spokesperson. Read
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Sodium bicarbonate is not ‘lethal’ to all cancers
because there’s no evidence sodium bicarbonate can be used to cure cancer. Some studies have looked at its use in reducing tumour pH levels, but none have suggested it could be used to treat cancer. Read
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French writer Jacques Attali did not advocate for depopulation through a pandemic
Mr Attali has denied the quote, which has been circulating for several years, and it does not appear in one of his books. Read
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Fake posts about a missing elderly neighbour are circulating on Facebook
The posts, which are nearly identically worded, feature an image of a man taken in the United States in 2016. Read
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