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FactCheck: what does the UK variant mean for the death rate?
There’s a lot we still don’t know.
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FactCheck: Johnson claims Starmer ‘would have joined’ EU vaccine scheme
Was that ever the Labour leader’s position?
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FactCheck Q&A: are we on track to hit vaccination targets?
Ministers have insisted the UK is on track to hit a target of offering a Covid-19 vaccine to almost 14 million people by the middle of next month. But questions remain about the supply of vaccines.
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FactCheck: can you have two different vaccines and is it safe?
With two coronavirus vaccines now available in the UK, FactCheck readers have started to ask: is it possible to get the first dose from one manufacturer and the second from another? And is it safe?
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FactCheck: footage appears to contradict Boris Johnson’s claim of only 170 lorries near Dover
A senior official from Kent County Council’s Highways department said there were “nearer 500” lorries involved in Operation Stack.
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FactCheck: how reliable are the UK’s coronavirus lateral flow tests?
SAGE papers suggest around half of positive cases are missed when the tests are done by non-experts.
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What next for the Iran nuclear deal?
Our International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, has been reporting on Iran for over 20 years, and explains the recent tensions in the region.
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Could Covid-19 and Brexit lead to Scotland’s exit from the United Kingdom?
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: shaky evidence for Starmer’s attack on Johnson Brexit promise
Sir Keir claimed: ‘The Prime Minister said he had a deal. He didn’t.’
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Should BAME groups be fast-tracked for the vaccine?
After a summer where concerns were raised over the numbers of BAME people dying in the community, should they be offered a vaccine early?
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Series 6, Episode 16: David Dimbleby
David Dimbleby is a British journalist who has covered major news events for the BBC for over 40 years.
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FactCheck: how does government decide which areas of England go into which Tiers?
Let’s take a look at what we know.
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FactCheck: ministers’ confusing free school meals defence
The government is facing pressure to change course – including from some Conservative MPs.
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FactCheck: we shouldn’t rely on official cases per capita to compare local outbreaks
There are no easy answers.
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FactCheck: is Starmer right that the government hasn’t investigated black maternity deaths?
We think Sir Keir’s comments omitted a key piece of context.