Claim about the Kray Twins and great train robbers’ prison releases are false
One Kray twin was released on compassionate grounds, and none of the Great Train Robbery convicts served the full 30 years. Read
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.
One Kray twin was released on compassionate grounds, and none of the Great Train Robbery convicts served the full 30 years. Read
They can claim £25 for food bought during the day provided they are staying overnight outside of London and their constituency. Read
Health
Claims about patents existing for AIDS, Zika, SARS, swine flu and Ebola are misleading. Read
One is a sci-fi novel about a disease created in a lab outside of Wuhan, and another is a book of predictions that said a “pneumonia-like” illness would spread in 2020. Read
This viral image claims that pensioners can collect just a fifth of the benefits ‘illegal immigrants’ and refugees can. But how much can each group really get? Read
Coronavirus is a category of viruses which includes the common cold, as well as the new Wuhan coronavirus. Read
Lots of cities in China have 5G coverage, not just the city at the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak. Read
Coronavirus is not one single virus: it’s a family of them. Read
Iodine and baby oil isn’t an alternative to shaving. Read
Claims that Japan doesn’t take in any refugees are false. Read