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Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.

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Full Fact @FullFact 22m

Videos widely shared on Facebook appear to show tradesmen rallying behind a driver or plumber who was supposedly told to remove the England flag from his van.

But they’re not real. Here’s how we can tell 👇

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Full Fact @FullFact 21h

.@ShockatAdam told Parliament over seven million pairs of a brand of smart glasses were sold in the UK last year.

EssilorLuxottica, which makes Meta’s Ray-Ban and Oakley glasses, did report 7m+ sales - but that was worldwide, not in the UK.
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fullfact.org MP wrong to claim one brand sold over seven million smart glasses in the UK last year – Full Fact The independent MP Shockat Adam said more than seven million pairs were sold in the UK last year, but his office has now confirmed this was a global figure.

Full Fact @FullFact 1d

A video has been shared widely on social media claiming to show a new strain of Covid found in Northampton.

But the UK Health Security Agency has told Full Fact it has not had any notification of a new strain of Covid-19 being found.

Read our fact check 👇

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fullfact.org Viral video does not show new strain of Covid found in Northampton – Full Fact The UKHSA said it has not received any notification of a new strain of Covid-19 being found anywhere in the UK.

Full Fact @FullFact 5d

Images of Donald Trump being carried out of the White House ‘after fainting’ following the US midterms have been shared online.

As you might have worked out, they’re not real. But not everyone got that.

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Full Fact @FullFact 5d

On LBC, environment secretary Dame Angela Eagle claimed the UK and US “do £2.5 billion of business together between our two economies”.

But the annual value of UK/US trade is far higher than that - the latest official figures put it at £333.9 billion. fullfact.org/politics/angel…

fullfact.org What’s the value of the UK’s trade with the US? – Full Fact On LBC, environment secretary Dame Angela Eagle claimed the UK and US “do £2.5 billion of business together”—but the latest figures put the annual value of UK/US trade at over 100 times that.