Fact Checker (former)
Estimates that most people who will die of Covid this summer will be vaccinated reflects the high rate of vaccination, not any harm of vaccines. Read
Health
An article in The Herald misleadingly suggested the 2006 Scottish smoking ban was behind a 74% drop in heart attacks since 1990. Read
The mocked up packaging was produced by a Twitter account previously behind a children’s ‘Happy Hour Playset’. Read
Claims that naturally ripened bananas look different from chemically ripened bananas are false. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Covid-19 and Brexit mean trade volumes are incredibly volatile at the moment. We take a look at some of the claims about the latest data. Read
A clip of a woman calling a Bristol hospital claiming most of its “positive” cases are false has been shared on social media. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour has led the UK government on six occasions. Unemployment rose during five of those. Read
Health
The FCDO advises against non-essential travel to amber list countries, but makes exemptions for some islands of these countries Read
The MHRA has confirmed that a poster spreading on social media which makes claims about vaccine approvals does not come from them. Read
Education
A Telegraph article was wrong to say literacy was at its lowest level in history, and that every international league table puts the UK near bottom for literacy and numeracy. Neither is true. Read
