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A number of posts claiming the money spent on the Covid-19 Test and Trace programme could fund a 15% pay rise for every NHS worker for 35 years have been shared on social media again.

Posts shared on Facebook a number of times in early July said: “The money the Tories wasted on the failed Test & Trace would have paid for a 15% pay rise for every NHS worker from now until 2058.”

And an image posted to Facebook in May contains the claim: “The money the Tories spaffed on Test & Trace would have paid for a 15% pay rise for every NHS worker from now until 2058.” This wording is identical to a viral claim we looked at in January.

These claims are not true. As we’ve written many times before, the total budget over two years for NHS Test and Trace was £37 billion,…

CALVERT, TX — The Calvert Mainstreet Preservation organization is hosting a concert downtown this weekend, hoping to raise funds to help promote small businesses within the city. Historic downtown Calvert has been blossoming more and more each year.

“Texas Highways magazine just named Calvert as one of the next Marfa’s,” said Brenda Van de Walle, vice president of the Calvert Chamber of Commerce. “We were labeled the ‘dark horse’ in the race… The art scene is very important to Calvert, and I believe in developing and revitalizing the main street.”

Van de Walle co-owns the Farmers–to-Market coffee shop in Calvert, and co-founded a new nonprofit called Calvert Mainstreet Preservation. Dedicated to helping the small-town economy and to saving Calvert’s historic architecture,…