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COP26: Climate talks must show ‘ambition’ to tackle climate crisis, say experts
We were joined by Keith Anderson, CEO of ScottishPower and the chair of the business organisation CBI Scotland, Prof Kirsty Park, who is a conservation scientist from the University of Stirling and an expert on biodiversity, and Chris Stark, chief executive of the Climate Change Committee, the independent organisation that advises government on climate policy.
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FactCheck: how effective are masks at stopping Covid-19 spread?
The evidence isn’t clear-cut.
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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: minister’s claims about symptom-free spread and testing
Helen Whately claimed we ‘didn’t know’ in March and April that people without symptoms could be infectious.
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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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Vaccines: what we know and what we still don’t know
The first batch of Pfizer vaccine to arrive in the UK consists of just 800,000 doses, but NHS bosses say they expect to have more by the end of the year.
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FactCheck: everything you need to know about a Covid vaccine
A working vaccine against Covid-19 could be available soon. But have any corners been cut in the race to immunise the world?
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Second England lockdown ‘incredibly painful’ for businesses
The second lockdown will be “incredibly painful” for British business, the head of the CBI has told this programme.
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FactCheck: what do the coronavirus protesters want?
The StandUpX website makes a number of claims which are highly debatable or straightforwardly untrue.
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FactCheck: does Covid-19 cause diabetes in previously healthy patients?
The scientists did not cite any definitive evidence of this having happened, but experts say it’s worthy of investigation.
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FactCheck: are bald men at greater risk of severe coronavirus illness?
On closer inspection, the relationship isn’t so clear.
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FactCheck: why hasn’t Britain closed its schools?
Boris Johnson has said that closing schools could do “more harm than good”.
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FactCheck Q&A: is the coronavirus a pandemic?
The UK’s four Chief Medical Officers still assess the risk to this country as “moderate” despite recent outbreaks around the world.
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FactCheck: Johnson wrong about Labour corporation tax
The Prime Minister said Labour would hike corporation tax to the highest rate in Europe.
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FactCheck: we can’t find evidence that Dominic Raab warned of no-deal Brexit
We can’t find an interview where Mr Raab warned explicitly about the possibility of a no-deal Brexit during the referendum campaign.