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Viral social media posts misrepresent the roles of Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the interim chair of Ofsted’s board, ...
News bulletins on Radio 2, Radio 3 and 6 Music claimed Britain consumes “117 million tonnes” each year—which is roughly a million times what National Crime Agency estimates suggest.
Some politicians and media have referred to the total number of immigration returns as the number of people being “deported”, ...
A BBC News video reports the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska is trying to claim political asylum in a European country in order to escape an “aggravated relationship” with President Zelenskyy.
While there have been similar reports in the UK, the article being shared is about a specific case in Ireland.
There’s no evidence this is a genuine audio recording. It first circulated in October 2023 and was widely reported as fake at the time. It may have been created by artificial intelligence, though we ...
I work in the News and Online team at Full Fact, focusing on the weird and wonderful claims circulating on social media, particularly after breaking news events. I previously worked at The Bookseller ...
A group of MPs have signed a letter calling for the UK to fund the construction of an airport in Pakistan. This is misleading. Twenty UK MPs and peers did sign a letter to Pakistan’s Prime Minister ...