Facebook posts claiming man with dementia is missing with his dog are false
The picture in the posts shows a man with a different name who has never gone missing. Read
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Immigration
No published data to support minister’s claim about migrants saying they’re under 18
Robert Jenrick’s claim that up to 20% of adult men arriving at an asylum processing centre say they’re under 18 has prompted new questions about the Home Office’s use of statistics. Read
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Covid-19 is not ‘a lie’
A post on Instagram claims that Covid-19 is a ‘lie’. This is false, and there is ample evidence to prove it is a real, deadly disease. Read
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Wetherspoons still not offering free ‘meal for two’ Facebook deal
Another post from an account calling itself ‘JD Wetherspoon’ promising free meal offers has received thousands of shares on Facebook. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
BBC graph showing impact of Autumn Statement contains several errors
A graph shown on the BBC News at Six contained, among other things, an inaccurate figure and a mislabelled axis. Read
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Health
Labour MP wrongly claims £37bn spent on Test and Trace app
Karl Turner claimed that Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson “blew” £37 billion on the Track and Trace app. The app’s actual cost in the first year was about £35 million. Read
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Iran hasn’t sentenced 15,000 protesters to death
Iranian parliamentarians have called for “harsh punishments” which could include the death penalty, but we can find no evidence for viral claims that 15,000 people have already been sentenced to death Read
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Warning over alleged Christmas postal ‘scam’ is long out of date
The premium-rate number a Facebook post warns about was shut down in 2005. Read
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Health
British Heart Foundation comments on 30,000 excess deaths lack important context
Not all of the 30,000 excess deaths involving heart disease in England since the pandemic started were necessarily caused by healthcare disruption. Many may have been caused by Covid-19. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
MailOnline muddles up cost of a possible rise in council tax
If council tax rises by 5%, it would cost households in an average band D property about £100 more per year—not per month. Read
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