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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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FactCheck: how effective are masks at stopping Covid-19 spread?
The evidence isn’t clear-cut.
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Metropolitan Police Officer convicted of neo-Nazi group membership
PC Ben Hannam was found guilty of membership of banned far-right extremist group National Action.
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Islamist and former settler leaders could be kingmakers in Israel after elections
Israelis had hoped that their fourth election in two years would produce a clear winner.
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FactCheck: why can’t we unlock now if most vulnerable are vaccinated?
On current plans, it will be 21 June at the earliest before we return to something close to pre-pandemic life.
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FactCheck Q&A: why are we delaying second dose of Covid vaccine?
The World Health Organization has said it does not recommend the approach Britain is taking in vaccinating large numbers of people against coronavirus. Should we be worried?
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FactCheck: Conservative London mayoral candidate’s misleading tax claim
Shaun Bailey says Sadiq Khan wants to raise mayoral council tax by 21 per cent.
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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: conspiracy theory about DNA from Covid tests makes no sense
There is simply no connection between this change in the law – which is all about relieving pressure on police investigating terrorism – and the NHS Test and Trace 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: a Lord’s daily expenses could be higher than a month of Universal Credit
Members of the House of Lords are not paid a salary, but they can claim a daily attendance rate of £323.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus after months of downplaying risks
He’s downplayed the risks of coronavirus for months – but today the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro announced he had tested positive for the disease.
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FactCheck: Boris Johnson repeats claim that no country has a functioning Covid-19 tracing app
The Prime Minister says no country has a “functional” Covid-19 tracing app. But dozens of countries have launched apps designed to warn citizens of possible infection.
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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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Coronavirus: Brazil becomes second most infected country in the world
Brazil has now become the second most infected country in the world, with more than 800,000 cases and almost 44,000 deaths from coronavirus.