Health
Tap water can’t test positive for Covid-19
Using a lateral flow test incorrectly will produce unreliable and misleading results. Read
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Sarah Turnnidge
Fact Checker (former)
Sarah previously worked for HuffPost UK, and before that worked in local newsrooms including the Bristol Post, the Essex Echo and the Thurrock Independent.
Crime
Priti Patel’s tweet on police funding doesn’t account for inflation
A graph claiming to show a large increase in police funding fails to take into account inflation. Read
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Education
Iain Duncan Smith’s figures on school absence are out of date
The former Conservative leader claimed that more than 90,000 pupils are now absent from school. Read
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What we know about the alleged Downing Street parties so far
From a timeline of events to a rundown of exactly what the rules were at the time. Read
Analysis
Charles Bronson has not taken the father of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes hostage in prison
The two men are in different prisons. Read
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Immigration
No evidence asylum seekers have used pets to argue against deportation
A previously debunked claim about people being granted the right to live in the UK because they own a pet here has reappeared. Read
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Do police normally investigate things that happened a year ago?
Asked about an alleged party at Downing Street during lockdown, Dominic Raab claimed police ‘don’t normally’ investigate alleged offences which took place a year ago. Read
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Health
Email asking people to pay for Omicron Covid-19 tests is a scam
There is no Omicron-specific PCR test and the NHS has confirmed the email is a scam. Read
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Immigration
Resettlement figures don’t give us the full picture on refugee numbers
It’s true that the UK has resettled the highest number of refugees since 2015, compared to other European countries. Read
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Health
A ‘government consultation’ isn’t skewing data on lockdowns
An anti-lockdown group heavily criticised the survey, which was run by YouGov, not the UK government. Read
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