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Minister overstates increase in prison officer numbers
Michelle Donelan MP wrongly claimed the number of frontline prison officers has “increased by 20%” in the last year.
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White lines coming from planes aren’t evidence of ‘chemtrails’
The contrails and wingtip vortices that can sometimes be seen emerging from planes are not ‘chemtrails’.
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Daily Star corrects error in reporting obesity deaths
The paper has corrected its claim that 2.8 billion people die of obesity each year, with the real figure being in millions.
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Starmer’s education speech warned of school buildings starting to ‘crumble’
The Prime Minister suggested that Keir Starmer didn’t mention RAAC in a recent speech on education.
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‘Legacy’ wording on UKHSA job advert not proof of a planned pandemic
Social media posts suggest a UKHSA job advert shows that a new pandemic is being planned. But the UKHSA says the wording from the advert is a “legacy” from before …
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Hoax posts about ‘missing’ man called Gerald spread across UK
The fake alerts have been shared more than 1,600 times.
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It is illegal for businesses to refuse cash in France
Thousands of people have shared a post about an apparent protest against a cashless supermarket in France.
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Wes Streeting column claiming 5,000 drop in GPs over last decade amended
Mr Streeting wrote that there were almost 5,000 fewer fully qualified GPs than a decade ago, but NHS England says the data pre-September 2015 is not comparable to current figures.
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There are no official reports of an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man festival
The desert festival has been mired by wet weather but there are no credible reports of an Ebola outbreak.
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Bargain online offers at Wilko are fake
The real Wilko website no longer allows online purchases.
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Pasteurisation does not cause lactose intolerance
A video on social media claims pasteurised milk is a cause of lactose intolerance. This isn’t true, and raw unpasteurised milk can make you unwell.
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What do the figures on persistent absence from school show?
We’ve looked into the data after a series of claims regarding pupil absence rates in England were made on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
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