Immigration
How much do asylum seekers living in hotels get to live on per week?
Some are eligible to receive £8 per week to cover costs for items not provided by their accommodation. 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
Monkeypox is being detected in countries with and without wild monkeys
The bigger question is why there are outbreaks in countries where it isn’t endemic. Read
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The Spanish Meteorological Agency has not ‘confessed’ to using chemtrails
Spain has not admitted to using chemtrails to change its weather or fight Covid-19. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The Platinum Jubilee will not cost each UK household £38,000
We don’t yet have reliable figures for the total cost of the event, but a Facebook post muddles the maths. Read
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Health
Monkeypox isn’t shingles in disguise
A tweet claims shingles is ‘being termed as monkeypox’. Read
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Pfizer CEO did not say he wanted to decrease population by 50%
Footage of Albert Bourla speaking at Davos has been edited. Read
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Health
No evidence monkeypox is an agent of biological warfare
A video of a man opening textbooks to pages about monkeypox does not show the outbreak is a ‘war on us’. Read
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Health
Monkeypox is not ‘vaccine acquired’ shingles
They are caused by completely different viruses. Read
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RNLI lifeguarded beaches don’t all provide wristbands with contact details for children
A viral Facebook post claimed that parents can get free wristbands for their children that they can put their contact details on RNLI lifeguarded beaches. Read
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Fake Washington Post screenshot says dachshund is the ‘face of online homophobia’
A story about a dog called Whitney Chewston did appear in another publication, but not in the Washington Post. Read
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