Asylum seekers do not receive £175 a week
Payments are significantly lower and reduced further if meals are provided. Read
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SNP's claim that Liz Truss’s government cost UK economy £30bn is not reliable
This figure represents an old estimate of the likely cost to the Treasury. The cost to the economy cannot be reliably measured. Read
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Video does not show Turkish nuclear plant exploding due to earthquake
The footage shows the Beirut port in August 2020. Read
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Video claiming to be from this week’s earthquake in Turkey actually from 2020
A video spreading on social media claiming to be from the recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria is actually from three years ago. Read
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Not true that 85% of over-65s play video games every week
The survey only polled those who were already playing games or interested in doing so. Read
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Viral video does not show tsunami in Turkey following 2023 earthquake
The footage is from Durban, South Africa, in 2017. Read
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No evidence that Just Stop Oil ‘bankrolls’ the Labour Party
Although a key benefactor of Just Stop Oil has also donated to Labour, this does not mean the campaign group is giving money to the party itself. Read
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Daily Mail corrects column on opposition to ULEZ expansion
A column published in the Daily Mail which stated that a public consultation on the planned expansion of London’s ultra low emission zone found 80% opposition has since been corrected. Read
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The Earth’s core has not stopped rotating
A study in Nature Geoscience said that the Earth’s inner core might no longer be spinning faster than the rest of the planet—not that it might have stopped spinning altogether. Read
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Large asteroid is not set to collide with the Earth
NASA says the object is small and will miss the planet by 2,500 miles. Read
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