Yearly Archives: 2022

Liz Kendall’s claim that there were no NHS strikes under Labour ignores local walkouts

Staff at NHS hospitals did take part in local strikes when Labour was last in power.Source

Copycat posts about ‘missing’ boy shared widely on Facebook

Hundreds of people have shared a fake appeal for information about an apparently missing boy.Source

Covid-19 variants including Delta are real

The post claims that the Delta variant is fake.Source

‘Free’ Greggs giveaway is not genuine

The company is not offering a free sausage roll and hot drink to anyone who likes a Facebook post.Source

Steve Barclay’s figure for new nurses’ pay includes extra earnings

The health secretary said that a new nurse will typically earn over £31,000 a year on current pay. This is an estimate that includes extra earnings such as overtime. Basic pay for a new nurse is arounSource

5 Things You Should Know – Part 468

Here are 5 things you should know. 1. TraffickCam is an app designed to help fight human trafficking by having users upload pictures of their hotel rooms. An estimated 24.9 million people have been trafficked worldwide annually with many of these people being forced into the sex trade. Traffickers often rent hotel rooms and post…… Read More »

What is the greatest film trilogy of all time?

We asked our regular contributors through e-mail What is the greatest film trilogy of all time? We got many interesting responses. Here are some of them. We have just copied and pasted their responses, not editing them in any way. 1. Dollars Trilogy. A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the…… Read More »