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This amounted to £20 million, or 40% of government spending that year. Read
Health
Over the past months, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country, medical staff have found themselves – often unwillingly – at the centre of a parallel information crisis. Read
Crime
Also two police forces and one officer have been prosecuted successfully for crimes related to the death of someone in custody since 1971. Read
Also, claims that the polio vaccine paralysed thousands of children are based on shaky evidence. Read
Health
This study has been removed from the online research library it was published on. Read
There are different ways to take samples to test someone for Covid-19. Read
This is a recurring fake claim. Read
Health
There are stark inequalities in Covid-19 outcomes in the UK. Read
This has never been Facebook’s policy. Read
The petition on change.org called for “The Black Lives Matter Cliffs of Dover” but it doesn’t seem to be connected to the BLM UK group. Read
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