Claim 'abortion to birth' is now legal in the UK is Mostly False
Changes to abortion law in England and Wales have been misrepresented on social media.
Covid-19
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More than one million patients unable to opt out of NHS plan to share personal data
A £63m plan to exploit NHS medical records has been criticised for failing to offer patients a choice over whether
Claims Christian Eriksen’s collapse was linked to Covid-19 Vaccine are FFS
Hours after Danish footballer Christian Eriksen collapsed during a Euro 2020 game last Saturday claims started appearing on social media
The FFS Show Episode 9: How will pupil assessments work this year and did Nicola Sturgeon miss COBRA meetings?
The FFS Show is back with some more fact checks of claims you may have seen online… This week Ali
Claim Nicola Sturgeon missed early Covid-19 COBRA meetings Mostly True
Boris Johnson has faced renewed criticism about missing emergency meetings in the build up to the Covid-19 crisis. The Prime
The FFS Show episode 8: Scots vaccine death stats, and how to talk to conspiracy theorists
Mags is back for episode eight of The FFS Show, The Ferret’s fact-checking and misinformation podcast. She looks at
Claim of multiple deaths in Scotland from Covid vaccine Half True
A blog shared hundreds of times on social media has claimed that the Covid-19 vaccine has been listed multiple times
Assessment system for ‘exams in disguise’ has ‘lost credibility’ and ‘destroyed trust’
Leading Scottish education figures have claimed the SQA’s alternative model of assessment for pupils taking National 5s and Highers
The FFS Show episode 7: How well did the media report on Covid-19?
Episode 7 of the FFS podcast is live! This episode features a special interview with Alex Clegg, who has worked
Dramatic rise in deaths of those with home care prompts inquiry calls
The number of people receiving home care who died over the last year increased dramatically, prompting calls for their deaths
Fact check: the final BBC Scottish leaders’ debate
Scottish party leaders’ took to the stage for the final debate before the Holyrood election on 6 May. Nicola Sturgeon,
‘Astonishing’ pandemic parking bill at three PFI hospitals tops £5.6m
The Scottish Government has paid out more than £5.6m to private finance firms at three Scottish hospitals to waive
Edinburgh locals warned over ‘worrying’ Covid-19 conspiracy leaflet
Edinburgh residents have been urged by officials to be wary of ‘very worrying’ Covid-19 leaflets being delivered door-to-door in the