False claims that the World Health Organization has warned about a rapid spread of hantavirus globally have been shared on ...

Incorrect. Welfare spending, which includes state pensions, has been higher than income tax in every year since at least 2013/14. An “Alternative King’s Speech” published by the Conservatives on ...

A Pfizer document citing “hantavirus pulmonary infection” in a list of adverse events of special interest has been ...

We’ve taken a look at the figures after Reform UK and the Conservatives made seemingly contrasting claims about council tax ...

False. This video is from 2016 and shows a military sinking exercise of the decommissioned USS Thach. A video of a ship being fired at has been widely shared on social media with false claims it shows ...

An image shared on social media by the SNP and the First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney, has sowed confusion online, with some social media users questioning whether the image was made with ...

Should you take a pen to a polling station? Ahead of the 2026 elections, we’ve seen posts on social media suggesting it may be safer to cast your vote in pen rather than pencil to avoid vote tampering ...

Despite claims on social media, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson is not included in Time magazine’s annual list. We’ve taken a look at what Reform UK and Nigel Farage said about council tax ...

The government introduced the Public Office (Accountability) Bill to Parliament in September 2025, which will introduce a legal duty of candour on public servants and establish the right to legal aid ...

A fake image which appears to show shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen with the British political activist Tommy Robinson has been shared online. A clip of a 2016 military exercise, which saw the US, ...

A clip of a 2016 military exercise, which saw the US, Canada, Australia and South Korea sink the decommissioned USS Thach, has been shared with false claims it shows Iranian missiles hitting US ships.

Most members of the House of Lords are life peers, meaning they may sit in the House of Lords for their lifetime, but their peerage cannot be passed on to an heir. Twenty six Church of England ...