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FactCheck: Sturgeon childcare savings claim needs context
The Scottish government has recently expanded free childcare.
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Revealed: North Sea oil company chief exec claims climate emergency is ‘fake’
The chief executive of a North Sea oil company has said the climate emergency is “fake” in now deleted tweets from his personal account, despite his company’s claims it is working towards a net zero carbon emissions target, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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FactCheck: Some Conservatives did defend fans who booed England
A number of Conservative MPs, including several ministers, did defend fans who booed England players for “taking the knee” before their Euro 2020 matches.
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ExxonMobil chief exec apologises over revelations of lobbying war against climate legislation
The chief executive of ExxonMobil has issued a public apology after secret filming of one of its senior lobbyists was broadcast exclusively on Channel 4 News exposing tactics used by the oil giant to water down US climate legislation.
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Partner of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson heartbroken by ‘brutal’ police actions
The partner of ex-football star Dalian Atkinson, who died after being Tasered and kicked by a police officer, has said she is heartbroken by the “brutal” way he was treated.
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FactCheck: Video which purports to show Israeli policeman strangling Palestinian boy is false
The video actually shows Swedish security guards detaining a nine-year-old boy in Malmo in 2015.
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FactCheck Q&A: what is the voter ID row all about?
Not having to show ID creates an obvious theoretical risk of “personation” – people pretending to be someone else in order to steal their vote. But there is no evidence that this is a widespread problem in the UK.
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Met police officer dismissed for hitting vulnerable teenage girl over 30 times with a baton
A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked after using what was described as “shocking” and “disproportionate” force against a vulnerable teenage girl.
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Sports bodies boycott social media over online abuse
Sports fans love social media. But this weekend many of the places they might usually be getting the latest clips and news from will be silent.
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FactCheck Q&A: the UK’s AstraZeneca blood clot announcement
How does the possible clotting risk compare to Covid-19 and to other medications?
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Revisited: Could Covid-19 and Brexit lead to Scotland’s exit from the UK?
Our Scotland correspondent Ciaran Jenkins has been talking to voters who previously rejected independence to see if the tide is turning, and what might be behind their change of heart.
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FactCheck: ministers’ questionable claims about when they knew of symptom-free Covid spread
There was evidence for asymptomatic transmission very early in the pandemic.
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FactCheck: have nurses already had a pay rise?
Most NHS workers have faced significant pay cuts over the last ten years, when you adjust for inflation.
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The international students going hungry in the UK
The plight of the international students who pay thousands for the prestige of a British education but are now left relying on food banks.
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PM’s race adviser ‘considered quitting’ over ‘politics steeped in divisions’
Downing Street’s senior ethnic minorities adviser reportedly considered resigning over fears that the Conservative Party was pursuing “politics steeped in division”.