‘Free’ Greggs giveaway is not genuine
The company is not offering a free sausage roll and hot drink to anyone who likes a Facebook post. Read
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Covid-19 variants including Delta are real
The post claims that the Delta variant is fake. Read
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Copycat posts about ‘missing’ boy shared widely on Facebook
Hundreds of people have shared a fake appeal for information about an apparently missing boy. Read
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Liz Kendall’s claim that there were no NHS strikes under Labour ignores local walkouts
Staff at NHS hospitals did take part in local strikes when Labour was last in power. Read
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How much of the rise in ‘economic inactivity’ is due to long Covid?
A BBC news bulletin claimed a recent rise in the number of people who are neither working nor looking for work is “largely because of long Covid”. But there are reasons to believe much of the rise is Read
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Boy claimed ‘missing’ on Facebook was found months ago
The picture is of a boy of a different name who went missing in June but has been found. Read
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Amazon is not selling Kindle Oasis e-readers for £1.78 for Black Friday
Amazon is holding a Black Friday sale, but it has confirmed it is not offering Kindle Oasis e-readers for £1.78, as a number of Facebook posts have claimed. Read
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Fake Argos ‘deals’ on electric scooters and air fryers circulating online
Deals that appear too good to be true are circulating on social media. Read
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Can you tell a drink has been spiked by its appearance?
A poster shares ways to tell if a drink has been tampered with. But spiked drinks do not necessarily exhibit any changes in appearance, taste or smell. Read
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Facebook post misinterprets BBC report on a ‘spike’ in neonatal deaths
The BBC article said that “two spikes” in the neonatal death rate had occurred in Scotland—not that spike proteins had been found in babies’ bodies. Read
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