Autism prevalence is up but scientists have consistently found that vaccines don’t cause it
More diagnoses of autism disorders are being made but they are not associated with being vaccinated. Read
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Islam in London: factchecking the viral image
This viral image makes claims about sharia law, mosques, no go areas and violence in London. Read
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Labour members did vote to debate Palestine over the NHS and Brexit at the 2018 party Conference
However, trade unions and affiliates voted for Brexit to be debated at the conference. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Government uses bad measure of wage growth, again
Average wages for GB employees grew around 2% in the last year in real terms, which isn’t the fastest in a decade. Read
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Health
Money for the NHS: is it new or not?
It all depends on what you mean by new. But the £1 billion was money that had already been promised to hospitals but which they were unable to spend previously. Read
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Flamingo egg yolks are not bright pink
Flamingo egg yolks are usually yellow to red in colour. Read
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Was William Wilberforce a Tory?
Abolitionist William Wilberforce was an independent MP, not a Tory MP, though he was fairly loyal to the Tory Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger. Read
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This viral image on immigration and homelessness has a fundamental flaw
An estimated 320,000 people are homeless in Great Britain, and that figure includes people who aren’t British. Read
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Europe
What’s a free port, and does the EU have them?
Free ports (areas within countries where import tariffs don’t apply) exist within the EU, but in a more limited form than elsewhere in the world. Read
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This footage of the Queen doing the Nazi salute is real
The video was filmed around the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, before the Second World War began. Read
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