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A video appearing to be from USA Today has thousands of shares, but the clip is not a real report and it makes a number of false claims. Read
Health
The starting salary for an NHS diversity officer in England seems to be around £25,000. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour pledged to keep energy bills frozen in response to rising prices in 2022. It did not make any such promise in its recent election manifesto. Read
An image is being shared on social media with false claims it shows that Secret Service agents pictured around Mr Trump did not have earpieces in. Read
A photo showing the Kremlin with its lights off as part of WWF’s ‘Earth Hour’ is being shared alongside claims about an electricity shortage in Moscow. Read
The picture is actually from Yemen in 2020 but is being shared on social media alongside a graphic of brands to boycott because of their supposed involvement with Israel. Read
There is no evidence the World Economic Forum founder and executive chairman has been given a role in the church. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Times claimed rail staff other than drivers earn an average of £49,000. Recent ONS data shows it’s closer to £39,500. Read
A post on Threads claims 9.4 million people in Britain are unemployed, but technically this is the number in the UK who are ‘economically inactive’, not the number who are actively looking for work. Read
The audio in a clip of her speech to the Democratic National Convention has been manipulated. Read
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