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Fake discounted fishing bait offers circulate on Facebook
Fishing bait retailer Mainline Baits has confirmed the offers claiming to be for their products are not genuine. Read
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Nasim Asl
Senior Political Journalist
Nasim joined Full Fact in June 2023. Before that she worked on BBC Question Time, and BBC Scotland News. She took part in the BBC’s Journalism Trainee Scheme, and has a masters degree in journalism.
Shopping
John Lewis is not selling car seat strollers for £3
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
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Shopping
More fake Toby Carvery offers circulate on Facebook
A spokesperson for the restaurant’s parent company confirmed these offers are not genuine. Read
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Shopping
Morrisons is not selling £10 food boxes to ‘seniors’
Despite claims to the contrary being shared online, the retailer is not selling food boxes of seasonal stock for £10 to people aged over 50. Read
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Hoaxes
Facebook posts don’t show man recently hit by car
Despite claims to the contrary, the man pictured was hospitalised with Covid-19 in 2021, and died in August that year. Read
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Politics
Picture doesn’t show Theresa May, Ursula von der Leyen and Angela Merkel together as teenagers
While the photo does show Mrs Merkel as a teenager, it does not show Baroness May or the president of the European Commission. Read
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Immigration
What is the cost of the UK’s Afghan resettlement schemes?
The government has said a resettlement scheme designed for some of those impacted by a data breach will cost £800-£850 million. Read
Analysis
Immigration
Not all immigration removals count as ‘deportations’
The defence secretary has again made an error in referring to the government’s record on immigration returns, as has a post on Facebook. Read
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Hoaxes
Facebook posts falsely claim a female police officer is missing
Police forces across the country say the appeal is not genuine and that they are not seeking anyone of that name. Read
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Shopping
Facebook posts falsely claim Lego is selling ‘mystery boxes’ for just £3
Despite claims on Facebook to the contrary, Lego has confirmed these are not genuine Lego offers. Read
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