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FactCheck: Starmer contradicted Corbyn on the Salisbury attack
Keir Starmer said the Salisbury attack “deserves to be condemned by all of us without reservation – without reservation”.
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Sunak warns ‘tough choices ahead’ for economy, over taxes and spending
‘Tough choices’ lie ahead, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned, as the economy continues to count the cost of the coronavirus pandemic.
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FactCheck: Johnson’s misleading figures on government ‘New Deal’
The Prime Minister suggested the ‘New Deal’ will pump £34bn into the NHS, but that’s not the case.
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FactCheck: business secretary wrong about testing figures
Alok Sharma said 240,000 people had been tested on Monday.
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Series 5, Episode 6: David ‘Sideman’ Whitely
Jamaican-born comedian and presenter David Whitely, created his own fame on social media under many aliases. But he’s best known as BBC 1Xtra DJ ‘Sideman’.
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DJ Sideman: ‘‘We are talking about the murder of people – it is not a hashtag, it is not a TikTok dance, it is not a game.’
I spoke to BBC 1Xtra Presenter David Whitely also known as Sideman and the musician, filmmaker and DJ Don Letts who spent time with Bob Marley when he played in London.
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Was Cummings’ trip to Barnard Castle ‘consistent’ with police guidelines?
Michael Gove defended Dominic Cummings, claiming that police guidelines at the time allowed people to drive in order to exercise. But does this defence stack up?
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FactCheck: what are the coronavirus risks to children?
The science isn’t settled, but here’s what we know.
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FactCheck: coronavirus in care homes
New figures from the Office for National Statistics shed light on how many people are dying in care homes.
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FactCheck: the new coronavirus lockdown rules
Here’s what we learned today about going outdoors, meeting family, schools reopening, face coverings and social distancing.
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FactCheck: government’s South Korea testing claim needs context
We may be carrying out more tests than South Korea, but experts say our testing needs are very different.
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FactCheck: confusion over NHS England testing numbers
When Michael Gove said “we had 10,000 tests yesterday”, he was talking about patients being tested, not healthcare workers
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FactCheck: how many ventilators do we have in the UK?
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said “there’s now over 12,000 that we’ve managed to get to”.
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FactCheck: what can you do in ‘lockdown’?
The key message is: stay at home to save lives. But there are some exceptions.
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FactCheck: paracetamol is recommended for coronavirus
The NHS has updated its advice for people with Covid-19 symptoms, saying people should take paracetamol.