Immigration
No evidence Kabul airport video is faked
The fact people are not being blown over is no evidence the footage is faked, as suggested. Read
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Abbas Panjwani
Fact Checker (former)
Abbas joined Full Fact in 2018. Before this, he worked as a social researcher, collecting quantitative and qualitative research to help inform policy development and evaluation for government departments and other public bodies. Most recently he worked as research manager at Ofgem, Great Britain’s energy regulator, and has also worked on projects for BIS, the Home Office and the Competition and Markets Authority.
Immigration
Why the government recommends having 6 months left on passports to visit Europe
When returning from many European countries, your passport must be less than ten years old and be valid for at least three months. Read
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Cadbury World ‘promotion’ is fake
A fake Cadbury World Facebook account has been harvesting personal details under the guise of giving out free chocolate hampers Read
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Health
Conservative Woman article falsely claims vaccines don’t work
Claims that natural immunity is ‘complete’ and vaccines are ‘obsolete’ are completely false. Read
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French ambassador hasn’t left Kabul as Robert Peston claims
The French embassy has left its building in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter and relocated to the airport. Read
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Health
No evidence of ‘nanobots’ in Covid-19 test swabs
The claim follows other misinformation that parasites and nanoparticles are in the swabs. Read
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Crime
Higher deportation rates don’t necessarily demonstrate ‘disproportionate targeting’ of Jamaicans
The data is not entirely reliable, and there may be multiple reasons why deportation rates vary, including whether deportation would affect someone’s human rights. Read
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Environment
Why it’s unlikely Geronimo the alpaca’s TB test gave a false positive
Bovine TB tests work by detecting an antibody response. But that antibody response isn’t triggered unless the animal has been infected in the past. Read
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Health
Abortion rate lower than claimed as miscarriages not factored in
ONS data claims one in four pregnancies end in abortion, but this doesn’t count pregnancies which end in miscarriage. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The government’s numbers on savings for wine drinkers don’t add up
The government estimated its new imports policy will save wine drinkers £130 million. An industry body puts the figure at around £30 million. Read
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