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A patient did not wait in A&E for 36 days
FOI information obtained by Labour contained errors, which made it appear that a patient had waited continuously in A&E when in fact they left the hospital and returned the following …
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Telegraph mixes up heart attacks and cardiac arrests
The newspaper mistakenly referred to people having heart attacks when discussing access to public defibrillators. The devices should be used in cardiac arrests only—a different condition.
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Flight tracking map doesn’t show chemtrail planes
The claim has been debunked by tracking site FlightRadar24 since April 2020.
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Areas that voted Brexit weren’t the only ones affected by mad cow disease
A post, first shared in 2016, has recently been reposted by thousands of people online.
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Video of burning building is not the Nigerian embassy in Niger
The video has appeared across social media following the military coup in Niger.
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Keir Starmer 2003 court case is not the reason asylum seekers get support
A Facebook post claims that Keir Starmer took the government to court so “illegal immigrants” could receive benefits. This is inaccurate.
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Maui fire books on Amazon don’t prove disaster was pre-planned
A number of books that quickly appeared as available for sale on Amazon were self-published, which can be done in a matter of days.
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Lucy Letby is not in hospital after prison attack
This claim has been shared by thousands of people on social media.
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Covid-19 vaccines not ‘Mass Genocide’ of children
A Facebook post repeats the claim that Covid vaccines are causing death to children on a large scale. This isn’t true.
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Fake Donald Trump mugshots shared online
The real picture of the former president has been released, but two others are also being shared.
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You don’t need an electric vehicle to comply with ULEZ
TfL says most vehicles seen driving in outer London on an average day comply with the ULEZ standards.
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BBC article overstated increase in asylum application withdrawals
The BBC has corrected an article which claimed only 60 asylum cases were withdrawn over a 12 month period after being contacted by Full Fact.
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