Toby Carvery meal giveaway is not official
A Facebook giveaway falsely claims to be affiliated with a restaurant brand. Read
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Grace Rahman
News & Online Editor
Grace joined Full Fact in March 2018 from the Press Association. She’s in charge of our work on the Third Party Fact Checking programme with Facebook and is particularly interested in debunking rumours spreading on social media.
She is a qualified journalist and has a Biology degree.
‘Facts’ in a graphic about UK Muslims are mostly wrong
The Facebook post makes a number of false claims about Muslim mayors, mosque numbers, Sharia councils and other information about Muslims in Britain. Read
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Video does not show ‘immigrants’ catching seagulls to ‘feast’ on
It actually shows volunteers ‘ringing’ a bird for research purposes. Read
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Facebook post about dog found ‘freezing’ in Falkirk is a hoax
The picture accompanying the post was taken from an article about a dog attack in Northern Ireland. Read
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European countries’ Test and Trace programmes cost much more than €100,000
The Covid-19 tracking apps of countries like Germany and the Netherlands alone cost millions of euros. Read
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Health
No evidence midazolam used to kill thousands of patients in April 2020
It is not surprising that prescriptions of a palliative care drug used to make dying people more comfortable increased during one of the worst months of the pandemic. Read
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Big spending list on Test and Trace and furlough loss needs context
£37 billion was the budget for the first two years, but less was actually spent and the furlough fraud figure is out of date and includes losses from other Covid-19 payment schemes. Read
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M&S is not giving away ‘golden envelopes’ with £750 vouchers on Facebook
A post falsely claims to show a senior member of staff at Marks & Spencer holding golden tickets to win. Read
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Health
Covid-19 variants including Delta are real
The post claims that the Delta variant is fake. Read
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Boy claimed ‘missing’ on Facebook was found months ago
The picture is of a boy of a different name who went missing in June but has been found. Read
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