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Fact check: ‘Deportation’ stats, Netflix’s Adolescence and an airport in Pakistan

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The Independent UK

Non-statutory inquiry into alleged mistreatment at asylum centre set for March

Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said the probe, which was first approved under former home secretary Suella Braverman, would start on March 17.

Evening Standard

Labour minister defends migrant raid videos after being accused of trying to mimic Reform

Dame Angela Eagle said the government is simply ‘enforcing the rules’ by publishing videos of immigration raids targeting illegal workers

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No plans to water down Online Safety Act in exchange for tariff deal – minister

Ministers are reported to be considering such a move as a way to placate the ‘tech bros’ associated with the new Trump administration.

The Independent UK

Minister 'astonished' Albanian criminal wasn't deported partly due to son not liking foreign chicken nuggets

Britain’s Border Minister Dame Angela Eagle said the Government was appealing the case

Evening Standard

Eagle: People-smuggling gangs must be stopped even with ‘whack-a-mole’ approach

Dame Angela Eagle was asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme if the Government’s plans on people smuggling go far enough.

Evening Standard

Any potential return of jihadists from Syria ‘of great concern’, says minister

Dame Angela Eagle said intelligence services are ‘keeping a very close eye’ the situation on the ground.

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New asylum hotels ‘massive incentive’ for small boat crossings, ministers warned

Last week Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said that asylum hotel use had risen since Labour entered government.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak faces grilling at Covid inquiry next week

PM will be under huge scrutiny over his ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme at Monday hearing

The Independent UK

Public warnings about AI misinformation needed before election, peers told

Government chief scientific adviser, Professor Dame Angela McLean, said a public information campaign was needed to warn people about AI risks.

The Independent UK

Top scientist who called Sunak Dr Death says government made same Covid mistake three times

Boris Johnson should have imposed first national lockdown two weeks earlier, says chief scientific adviser

The Independent UK

Science adviser had to ‘paper over cracks’ between civil servants and academics

Dame Angela McLean has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry there were times she had to step in when difficulties arose between academics and civil servants.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson 'sat in silence as adviser told him to get a grip and impose lockdown'

Chief scientific adviser Dame Angela McLean said lack of action by former PM led to preventable deaths

Evening Standard

Government repeating same mistakes led to Covid deaths, adviser tells inquiry

Chief scientific adviser Professor Dame Angela McLean gave evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Thursday.

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Lack of speed in decisions ‘most significant’ pandemic shortcoming, inquiry told

Professor Dame Angela McLean made the remarks as she gave evidence to the UK Covid-19 public inquiry.

The Independent UK

Chief scientific adviser to appear before pandemic inquiry

It comes after it emerged that Professor Dame Angela McLean is said to have referred to Rishi Sunak as ‘Dr Death’.

The Independent UK

Sunak speech gave ‘green light’ to attacks on transgender people, says Labour MP

Dame Angela Eagle accused the Prime Minister of ‘gaslighting’ the country by claiming he was being ‘bullied’ over transgender rights.

The Independent UK

Dame Angela McLean appointed as new Government chief scientific adviser

She will be the first woman to hold the role.

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West End theatres go dark in memory of ‘beloved’ Dame Angela Lansbury

The actress has been remembered as ‘a true pioneer of the stage and screen’.

The Independent UK

West End to dim lights in honour of ‘immensely talented’ Dame Angela Lansbury

The stage and screen actress has been remembered as a ‘Broadway and West End icon’.

The Independent UK

Dame Angela Lansbury hailed as ‘truly inspirational’ following death

Tributes came from her co-stars of both stage and screen.

Manchester Evening News

Holly Willoughby shares moving tribute to Dame Angela Lansbury who she credits for starting her 'love affair'

The This Morning host took to Instagram after the news of Dame Angela's death on Tuesday evening

The Independent UK

Angela Lansbury: Celebrated star of stage and screen who put her family first

Dame Angela Lansbury, who won global fame as the star of the US TV crime series Murder, She Wrote, has died aged 96.

Daily Mirror

Angela Lansbury dead: Star Trek's George Takei and Josh Gad lead tributes to screen star

Well-known faces in showbusiness have paid tribute to Dame Angela Lansbury, who has died aged 96, describing her as "incredible", and paying homage to the wide variety of her career

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