Argos has partnered with Emma mattresses to sell 500 for just £3 each. This is not a genuine deal being offered by Argos. A post on Facebook claims that Argos has partnered with Emma mattresses to offer them to customers for £3 each. The post says: 'Argos is now partnering with Emma - to celebrate, we're giving away the first batch of 500 mattresses in all sizes for the great price of £3'. But an Argos spokesperson told Full Fact 'This is not a genuine Argos offer.' The image in the post is an edited version of a picture that appeared on Facebook in 2021 , apparently taken in a Costco in the US.

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Pfizer has changed the formulation of its Covid-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11 to include an ingredient used to stabilise heart attack patients. The FDA recently approved the inclusion of tromethamine in paediatric doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine. It was included to extend the vaccine's shelf life, and is not currently used in the UK. It is used to treat a condition which may result from illness following a heart attack. An article, shared on Facebook, claims Pfizer has changed the formula of a Covid-19 vaccine for children to include a medication that 'stabilises people suffering a heart attack'.

https://fullfact.org/online/claims-about-changes-pfizer-vaccine-children-miss-important-details/

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Anyone who shares or comments on a Facebook post about Wetherspoons is entitled to receive a free meal for two. Wetherspoons has confirmed that this is not a genuine offer. A Facebook post with more than 10,000 shares claims that everyone who shares and comments on it, and follows a link to submit an application, will receive a free meal for two at Wetherspoons.  But this is not a real offer. The post says: 'Hello everyone! I'm Tim Martin, founder of Wetherspoons. I'm very pleased to introduce you to my son Ryan Martin.

https://fullfact.org/online/wetherspoons-facebook-free-meal/

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Walkouts are among the reasons excess deaths tripled, according to official data The daily Telegraph, 14 April 2023 . Any increase in excess deaths is a concern but it is wholly wrong to say that the strikes are the root cause Professor David Strain, British Medical Association, 14 April 2023 . An article on the front page of the Telegraph on Friday 14 April claimed that strikes by junior doctors in March were part of the reason for a rise in the number of 'excess deaths' observed at the time.

https://fullfact.org/health/telegraph-junior-doctors-strikes-excess-deaths/

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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is stepping down after admitting mRNA vaccines are not safe. Pfizer has confirmed Dr Bourla has not resigned and the clip on which this claim is based does not show him saying that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines are 'not safe' or 'sufficiently proven'. Claims circulating on social media that Pfizer CEO Dr Albert Bourla is 'stepping down' after admitting mRNA vaccines are 'not safe' are inaccurate. One post shared to Facebook claims: 'Pfizer CEO Albert Burla [sic] is stepping down and now says the mRNA technology was not sufficiently proven when they launched … He says they convinced him, but he wasn't sure.

https://fullfact.org/health/Pfizer-CEO-has-not-resigned/

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Paul Ansell, the husband of Nicola Bulley who was found dead in Lancashire in February, has been arrested and charged with murder. Lancashire Police have confirmed that these claims are completely false. False claims that Paul Ansell, the husband of the late Nicola Bulley, has been arrested or charged with murder have been shared thousands of times on Facebook this month.  Lancashire Police told Full Fact that the information in these posts is 'completely false'.  The two posts, both shared to the same so-called 'crime news' page on social media, wrongly claim that Mr Ansell was arrested after being spotted on CCTV close to the site where Ms Bulley's body was found in the River Wyre in Lancashire on 19 February 2023.

https://fullfact.org/online/nicola-bulley-husband-not-arrested-charged-murder/

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An image shared on Facebook makes an inaccurate comparison between the financial support which pensioners and 'illegal immigrants' receive. It claims that 'after paying National Insurance for 35 years, UK pensioners receive £6,800 a year' while 'illegal immigrants will receive on average £26,000 a year in unearned benefits'. These figures aren't right. The amount UK pensioners receive in state pension varies depending on a number of factors, but pensioners entitled to the full amount receive significantly more than £6,800 per year.

https://fullfact.org/online/pension-illegal-immigrants-benefits-comparison/

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During an interview on Sky News on Monday 12 June, following former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's resignation as an MP, Labour MP and shadow secretary of state for business and industrial strategy Jonathan Reynolds said that a recall petition succeeds if 'ten thousand constituents vote for it'. This isn't correct, and Mr Reynolds' office has since told Full Fact that he misspoke. In order to succeed, a recall petition requires the signatures of 10% of the eligible registered electorate in an MP's constituency.

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