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.
The app hasn’t been binned, although the government did change direction with their original app to instead use the Google/Apple system. Read
The post uses an average figure for the poorest pensioners and compares that to the minimum wage for people over 25. Read
A photo went viral after a Facebook user claimed it was taken in Calbeck, but they later said that was a joke. Read
The government has said a parent, carer or legal guardian must be present for a Covid-19 screening to take place on a child under the Coronavirus Act, but the law itself doesn’t say this. Read
As of 31 July, the lockdown rules changed for people in Greater Manchester and parts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire. Read
The man who killed two girls in 2002 has not died, as a Facebook post claims. Read
Masks may offer some limited protection to the wearer and are likely to protect others if the wearer is infectious. Read
There’s no reason to doubt the original story is genuine, but people have been reposting it for several months. Read
According to the retailer, it sells halal meat in some of its stores. Read
A post has claimed that Covid-19 can’t be spread person to person. This is the main way the disease spreads. Read
