The government has not awarded a £70 billion net zero contract to a small Cornish company
A public body consortium has chosen the company to provide a procurement service. 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.
Health
No evidence for a rise in sudden deaths or that Covid-19 vaccines are the cause
SADS or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome does not appear to have increased in the UK in 2021. Read
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Tweet from Liz Truss’s father calling her ‘poo-poo bear’ is fake
Her father did not tweet saying she couldn’t tie her shoelaces until she was 12. Read
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Facebook post’s claim about a newborn baby being found by police in Essex is false
It uses an image of a baby recently found in Arizona. Read
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Vaccinated people are not more likely to die of Covid-19
A blog post looks at how many vaccinated vs unvaccinated people have died, while ignoring mortality rates. Read
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Martin Lewis has not endorsed a cryptocurrency platform in a BBC interview
A page appearing to mimic BBC News has claimed Martin Lewis announced he was endorsing a cryptocurrency platform. Read
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Pilots wearing ‘chemtrails’ badges is a long-running joke about the conspiracy theory
The images appear alongside other pictures of water tanks used to simulate the weight of passengers during flight testing, but don’t prove anything. Read
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Report that Covid-19 vaccine was required to join Roe v Wade protests comes from satirical page
There’s no evidence “My body, my choice” protests actually had a “vaccination status check”. Read
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Europe
Poll saying 5% of Northern Ireland trusts UK government is about protocol specifically
A poll said 5% of people in Northern Ireland trusted the UK government to manage the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the protocol. Read
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Conservative leadership contest: four early claims fact checked
We take a look at some of the early claims, including Penny Mordaunt’s estimate of fuel VAT savings and Jeremy Hunt’s claim about corporation tax. Read
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