Claims that Warburtons now gets its wheat from the USA are wrong
The company changed suppliers but it will continue to get some of its wheat from the UK and some from Canada. Read
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Social media
Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Lowering the state pension age for women won't create four million jobs for young people
A post on Facebook incorrectly claims that allowing women born in the 1950s to retire at age 60 would create four million jobs for young people. Read
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Health
Infrared thermometers do not affect the pineal gland
These thermometers do not emit infrared radiation, they measure it. Read
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Viral Facebook post on cost of “binned” test and trace app is wrong
The app hasn’t been binned, although the government did change direction with their original app to instead use the Google/Apple system. Read
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Viral Facebook post compares the national living wage with the state pension
The post uses an average figure for the poorest pensioners and compares that to the minimum wage for people over 25. Read
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Claims that a 2011 lightning composite picture were taken in the Lake District are false
A photo went viral after a Facebook user claimed it was taken in Calbeck, but they later said that was a joke. Read
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It’s not true that migrants get a free TV licence
A widely shared post on Facebook incorrectly claims migrants who arrive in Britain receive a free TV licence, while pensioners have to pay for one. Read
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Health
You cannot catch Legionnaires’ disease from a mask
Legionnaires’ disease is a bacterial infection caught through water. Read
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Charles Bronson has not attacked Ian Huntley in prison
The men are in two different prisons. Read
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This is not a photo of people seeking asylum in England
The photo was taken in Germany before the coronavirus pandemic. Read
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