A number of figures supposedly showing the size of the ‘black hole’ in the government’s spending plans have been circulating ...

It’s been a key government claim since the election - but what does it actually mean? Ahead of the 2024 Autumn Budget, we ...

The five-year tirzepatide trial is being funded in full by a pharmaceutical company called Lilly, not the taxpayer.

A video warning against microwaves falsely claims that they are killing people because they ‘pull everything out of the food’ ...

Incorrect. The footage is from China in December 2023 and shows a South Korean ship. It is unrelated to the recent conflict in the Middle East. A video which supposedly shows “Red Sea hell for Israel ...

This isn’t what the photo shows. It is actually of radar antennae which are protected by a weatherproof enclosure called a ‘radome’. A photo of two white domes is being shared with misleading captions ...

A video shows the former US president Barack Obama being drowned out during a speech by chants of “f*** Joe Biden”. This isn’t true. The video of the speech is real, and shows Mr Obama responding to a ...

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has added a black band of mourning to its logo to commemorate the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Not true. The agency has used a ...

An image shows four Israel Defense Forces soldiers with their hands behind their backs captured in southern Lebanon as three Hezbollah fighters look on. The image was almost certainly created with ...

HAARP (the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program) created Hurricane Milton, and a video of swirling clouds shows what geoengineering looks like. This is not true. The HAARP programme in ...

A video of a man falling from a window is being shared online with claims it shows former One Direction singer Liam Payne, ...