The Maytrix Group receives no money from Captain Tom’s fundraiser
The company, which Captain Tom’s daughter is a director of, helped set the fundraiser up but receives no money from it. Read
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Claire Milne
Health Editor
Claire joined Full Fact in 2016 and leads on work relating to Health and Social Care. In addition to fact checking work, she takes part in Full Fact’s work with schools, universities and statisticians, speaking about fact checking and the work of Full Fact. She has also appeared on BBC Live Lessons talking to schools about how to spot misinformation.
False posts that suggest Boris Johnson didn’t have Covid-19 are based on a blog post now labelled as satire
The claims first appeared in the Dorset Eye and now say they may be satire, but some people seem to have believed them. Read
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Crime
If you need the police but can’t talk, dial 999 from a mobile, then 55 when prompted and don’t hang up
If you can’t talk but need the police, you can dial 55 when prompted on a 999 call from a mobile. Read
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Health
This viral voice message about ambulances shared on WhatsApp is inaccurate
The message, which says ambulances won’t be sent to people struggling to breathe, and the government will prevent all outside exercise from “next week”, is incorrect. Read
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This video of body bags in a hospital was not filmed in St Mary’s, London
The hospital trust confirmed to us that it wasn’t filmed at St Mary’s and fact checkers have found it was filmed in Ecuador. Read
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This video supposedly showing Covid-19 patients at St Mary’s Hospital, London was actually filmed in Madrid
A video sent by a reader was claimed to show Covid-19 patients lying on the floor of St Mary’s Hospital, London. The video was actually filmed in two different Madrid hospitals in mid-March. Read
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Health
726 homeless people are estimated to have died in England and Wales in 2018
The figure is not around 700,000 as shadow chancellor John McDonnell said on the Andrew Marr show. Read
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Dettol hasn’t tested its products against the new Wuhan coronavirus yet
Coronavirus is a category of viruses that includes the common cold. Read
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Europe
Has the “cost of Brexit” amounted to more than the UK’s total net contributions over 47 years?
Not quite. In real terms we paid £216 billion into the EU between 1973 and 2018, while the economic cost was estimated at £130 billion by 2019. Read
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A Bill to change referendum rules came from one Lord, not the government
A Bill proposing changes to the rules around referendums has been put forward by a Conservative Lord, but has not been endorsed by the party or government. Read
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