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Boots is not selling Sol de Janeiro gift sets for £3
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
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Culture & Society
Photos of Banksy mural edited to feature England flags
Thousands have shared altered photos of street artist Banksy’s most recent mural at London’s Royal Courts of Justice. Read
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Shopping
Aldi is not giving away ‘free food boxes’ in return for Facebook likes
This is not a genuine promotion from the supermarket chain. Read
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Shopping
Supermarkets won’t require people to show ID to enter
A video shared widely online falsely claims that a new policy of ‘no ID no food’ will be coming to UK supermarkets this month. Read
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United States
Clip of Donald Trump saying ‘trans people don’t exist’ isn’t real
The US president has made a number of statements about gender identity but this particular video is probably AI-generated. Read
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Government Tracker
Has the government reversed changes to the monitoring of antisemitic and Islamophobic hate?
Full Fact takes a look at Labour’s manifesto pledge to “reverse” the “downgrade” of the monitoring of antisemitic and Islamophobic hate incidents. Read
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Health
Covid vaccine claims at the Reform UK conference: fact checked
A cardiologist called Dr Aseem Malhotra, who we have fact checked before, made unevidenced and misleading claims at the event in Birmingham. Read
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Politics
Media correct asylum hotel claims, but government minister doesn’t
Sky News and the Guardian have both corrected claims about asylum hotels, after Full Fact got in touch.A Sky News post on X (formerly Twitter) claimed: “Shadow Home Secretary Chris … Read
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Politics
Reform UK claims about the number of people in the UK illegally
With the Reform UK party conference underway in Birmingham today, we’ve heard a couple of senior figures from the party make claims about the number of people who are in … Read
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Shopping
Morrisons is not selling ‘food boxes’ for just £10
False posts claiming the retailer is doing this are being shared yet again on Facebook. Read
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