Marcus Rashford did not tweet this at Katie Hopkins
The footballer did not reply when she tweeted at him. 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.
This is what has happened with student nurses who volunteered to work for the NHS early
Final year nursing students were asked to start being paid to work for the NHS early, but now that is ending. Read
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No, the government is not proposing to inject the public with tracking microchips
Boris Johnson did not write a letter asking the public for their thoughts on mandatory RFID microchips. Read
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A viral Facebook post about 52 free horses is a repost from 2011
Similar posts have been circulating online since a genuine appeal in 2011. Read
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A viral post on autopsies, Italy and the new coronavirus has many inaccuracies
Covid-19 is not caused by bacteria. Read
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No, the Mail didn’t use an old photo of Jeremy Corbyn to claim he wasn’t social distancing on his birthday
The photo is from 2020 as the Mail claimed and first appeared on a Facebook group for canal boat owners. Read
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Can hand sanitiser catch fire in a hot car?
Posts suggest that an image shows the aftermath of a fire started by a bottle of alcohol antibacterial hand gel left in a hot car. Read
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Dominic Cummings’ sister is not director of company that runs the NHS track and trace app
An Alice Cummings is a director at Idox but she’s not his sister and the company has nothing to do with the app. Read
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Hydroxychloroquine is not used as a treatment for radiation sickness
There isn’t yet reliable evidence that this drug, or chloroquine, cures Covid-19 patients either. Read
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No, Shamima Begum is not back in the UK
There's no evidence to suggest this is true. Read
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