World Trade Center 7 didn’t collapse for ‘no apparent reason'
WEBSep 16, 2021 · A nearby building did collapse on 9/11 despite not being hit by a plane, due to a complex process of structural failures caused by fire.
How sweet is sixteen? Legal age limits in England and Wales
WEBFeb 1, 2018 · Defining a child. Both the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Children Act 1989 define a child as someone under the age of 18. The UN Convention adds that this is “unless, under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier.” In the UK, children gain rights under certain laws before the age of 18.
How long do murderers serve in prison? – Full Fact
WEBThe average amount of time people released from prison for murder have served is about 16.5 years. According to a Freedom of Information request we sent, answered by the Ministry of Justice, about 10% of prisoners released between 2010 and 2018 having served time for murder had served under 10 years, and about 10% had served more than 24 years.
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What is the Prevent strategy? – Full Fact
WEBPrevent is a UK-wide strategy, as counter-terrorism is the responsibility of the UK government. In practice it is delivered differently in the different countries of the UK as many of the organisations involved, for example the police and councils, are under the control of devolved governments. The Prevent strategy is not applied in Northern ...
The inventor of PCR never said it wasn’t designed to detect …
WEBOct 23, 2020 · A number of posts on Facebook have made claims about the man who invented PCR tests, Dr Kary B. Mullis, and what that means about Covid-19 testing. One such post claims: “[Dr Mullis] said that this PCR test was not made to detect any type of infectious disease. It’s designed to pick up a signature of …
What do we know about the ethnicity of people involved in sexual ...
WEBSep 6, 2017 · Problems with the data on grooming gangs. There were over 1,200 cases of sexual grooming recorded by police in England and Wales in 2016/17. The scale of this, and other sexual offences against children, is difficult to measure as in many cases it goes unreported.. Naz Shah’s office pointed us towards research done by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and Office of ...
There is no upper limit for how much MPs can claim to cover heatin
WEBApr 14, 2022 · Our verdict. There is no upper limit on how much MPs can claim for utilities bills. MPs can claim their petrol and diesel costs on their expenses. MPs can claim 45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles and 25p per mile thereafter for certain journeys taken by private car. MPs just got a £2,000 pay rise so now get paid £86,000 a year.
The Nazis were not socialists – Full Fact
WEBSep 25, 2019 · The Nazis were socialists. Our verdict. While their name did include the word “socialist”, their policies and treatment of left-wing opponents show they were not socialists in any meaningful sense. Multiple posts on social media have claimed that the Nazi party were socialists, due to their full name—the National Socialist German Workers ...
Grooming gangs: what we know about the perpetrators and victims
WEBAug 29, 2014 · 50% of were all-Asian, 21% all-white, and 17% included members from multiple ethnicities. 24% of group-members were under 20, and 53% were between 20 and 30. 67% of the groups were of four or fewer men. These cases had 144 identified victims, for whom ethnicity and age information was recorded: 97% were categorised as white.