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FactCheck: vaccines minister claims Covid is most infectious respiratory disease
By two major measures, it looks like he’s wrong.
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Why do we keep having maternity scandals in the UK?
A joint investigation by Channel 4 News and Shaun Lintern at The Independent exposed a maternity service accused of bad care and neglect after dozens of babies were left with brain damage or tragically died. They found from 2010 to 2020, at least 46 babies have suffered brain damage and 19 have been stillborn at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS trust maternity units.
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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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FactCheck: government doesn’t know how many staff at hundreds of care providers are vaccinated
Some 668 providers are missing from the data.
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Booster jabs and variants: is this life after lockdown?
Despite rising Covid infections and the threat of new variants, the UK government promises when England exits lockdown on July 19, it will be for the very last time. But is that a promise they can keep?
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FactCheck: Sunak claims Conservatives lowered income inequality before pandemic
The ONS says income inequality reached a 10-year high in the year before the crisis.
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FactCheck: Johnson incorrectly claims Brexit enabled freeports
The UK had freeports while it was still an EU member.
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FactCheck: extra funding for CPS comes after long-term cuts
We can see the scale of the cuts by looking at the budget allocations made by government to the CPS over the last decade.
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Sexual harassment in schools: are our children safe?
Girls being constantly sent nude images, sexist name-calling, harassment, rape, a climate of fear, an over-sexualised culture that has become the normality in schools across the country.
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FactCheck: do Covid vaccines affect periods?
The MHRA says the current evidence “does not suggest an increased risk” of menstrual disorders.
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Eurovision: why it matters and what it takes to win
From Italy’s triumph to the UK receiving zero points at Eurovision this weekend, what does it really take to win this legendary competition?
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The Domestic Abuse Act, a bittersweet victory for women?
At the end of April, the Domestic Abuse Act was signed into law closing loopholes around rough sex claims that favoured defendants in court and strengthening the laws on revenge porn.
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FactCheck: government hasn’t spent half of promised cladding cash
Some £1.6bn was due to have been spent by 31 March this year.
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Northern Ireland, Part 2: Will Brexit lead to a United Ireland?
As some say the call for a border poll on a United Ireland is growing, what would it take to get to that point, and what would it mean to be a Unionist, if the Union no longer exists?
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Covid and the death of the red carpet
Has a year of lockdowns, shut cinemas and limited red carpet events changed celebrity culture forever?