Conservative shadow cabinet minister Alex Burghart claimed on LBC that unemployment has gone up “in every single month” under ...

An old video showing explosions is being shared alongside claims about the recent US strikes on Venezuela. But the footage is unrelated and was filmed in Israel in October 2024. Stockport Council says ...

What changes have our fact checkers on the frontline of the fight against misinformation seen over the past 12 months—and what might that mean for 2026?

There have been multiple claims made online which say that the Pfizer vaccine contains 99% graphene oxide, a substance which is derived from graphite. The claims originate from a Spanish study and ...

Incorrect. A company applied for a patent on a weakened version of a virus in the same family as the new Wuhan virus. What was claimed A patent for coronavirus was granted in 2018 to the Pirbright ...

False. No such change has been made to divorce law at a federal level at the time of writing. Only nine states have rules that generally mean marital property is divided equally if a couple cannot ...

False. Census data shows that in 2021 53.8% of people in London identified as white, compared to 59.8% in 2011. This is false. According to Census data for England and Wales in 2021 36.8% of people in ...

All animals used in Covid-19 vaccine trials died months later from immune disorders, sepsis and/or cardiac failure. Our verdict There is no evidence for this.. The claim is based on a 2012 study ...

There would have been fewer deaths without Covid-19 vaccines. An article in the journal Circulation claimed that a group of patients’ risk of a heart attack rose from 11% to 25% eight weeks after they ...

Since news broke that Russia had invaded Ukraine, we’ve checked a number of videos claiming to show the war unfolding. Often during a crisis people share videos claiming to show what’s happening. This ...

The BBC has confirmed the videos are fake. The original footage has been edited using “voice cloning” and artificial intelligence (AI). Videos circulating on Facebook appear to show BBC presenters ...

The cup of tap water going green doesn’t prove there’s anything untoward in it. The colour change is likely to be the metal electrodes of the device breaking down, which is only possible in ...