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It’s extremely unlikely from the sound quality in all the videos taken at Whipps Cross we can find that the man was wearing a microphone. Read
A viral video claims to show a poisonous snake in a pepper. It doesn’t. Read
Crime
It’s possible for people who murder children to be given whole-life sentences, but the law doesn’t currently require this as a starting point in all cases. Read
Europe
The Lib Dems were not the first party ever to campaign for an EU referendum, but they were the first major party to do so—advocating that the UK remain in the EU. Read
She also said in 2019 that she couldn’t forgive David Cameron for calling a referendum. Read
The unedited tweet was actually about a body found off the coast of Belgium. Read
Facebook are implementing new advertising safeguards after Full Fact spotted altered headlines being run by the Conservative Party. But these actions aren't enough to protect our next election. Read
A Conservative Party Facebook advert seems to have altered the headline of a BBC article to make the government seem more generous than it’s being. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The claim that the number of “short positions” spiked when Boris Johnson became leader of the Conservative party seems to be a misreading of the data. Read
A photo of a rat makes it look deceptively big. It almost certainly weighed less than 3kg, rather than 12kg as claimed. Read
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