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Social media posts have incorrectly claimed the deputy prime minister said he watched Peppa Pig when he was young, even though it first aired when he was 30. Read
Police have called off the search—but two newspapers only updated their websites to reflect this after Full Fact contacted them. Read
BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt claimed a vote on whether to suspend Owen Paterson for breaches of the MPs Code of Conduct was a ‘free vote’. It wasn’t. It was subject to a three-line whip. Read
Neil Oliver recently incorrectly said that Covid-19 vaccines don’t offer any protection against transmission or infection from the virus. Read
A photo of William Shatner circulating on Facebook is digitally manipulated - but it isn’t proof the Blue Origin space launch was faked. Read
A photo of a lorry stuck in Bristol harbour has been used to, wrongly, claim that HGV drivers won’t be tested on reversing. Read
A Facebook post falsely claims a scheme that monitors the actions of businesses and citizens and uses financial sanctions as punishments will soon be used in Canada. Read
Environment
The entrepreneur said both his organisation and the UK government were contributing £400 million each to a new fund. Read
A Facebook post implies the risk of developing a blood clot or heart problem from a Covid-19 vaccine outweighs the benefits. Read
Health
There are some important caveats to figures showing GP appointments drop off later in the week. Read
