On 25 February 2025 the then-Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the UK will spend 2.5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defence from 2027. He told MPs: “We will deliver our commitment to ...

The viral video clip of a man filming himself swimming with a selfie stick was actually taken in a harbour in El Jadida, Morocco, which is over 250 miles from Spain’s Ceuta.

Andy Burnham and Kemi Badenoch have made seemingly contradictory claims about the previous government’s record on prison places.

Incorrect—the actual figure is much less. Recorded figures suggest there’s been around one death per 1,190 small boat arrivals between 2018 and 2025. Discussing small boat crossings in the English ...

A Facebook post claiming those over 25 can claim a free phone from Currys by completing a survey is not genuine. It says: “My daughter works at Currys and just told me about a summer promotion: if you ...

You have to be a member of the House of Lords or an elected member in a general election to become UK Prime Minister. Andy Burnham was neither of these and therefore has no legal right to be Prime ...

A Facebook video with more than 10,000 likes falsely suggests autism is caused by vaccines, and that a vaccine programme supported by Bill Gates introduced autism to Vietnam. Autism was first ...

False. The Ministry of Justice confirmed Vickrum Digwa has not been attacked in prison. Posts shared thousands of times on social media claim that Henry Nowak’s murderer, Vickrum Digwa, has been ...

False. Hantavirus was cited in Pfizer documents as part of a list of adverse events of special interest. These are health conditions researchers monitor during vaccine trials, not side effects.

False. South Yorkshire and Staffordshire police forces confirmed this didn’t happen. Social media posts with thousands of likes claim 460 masked rioters recently stormed migrant hotels in Rotherham ...

An image shows Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lying partially buried in rubble after being killed in a strike on Iran by the US and Israel. Our verdict This image is fake. It has been ...

False. This image isn’t real and was made using artificial intelligence. Jeffrey Epstein is dead. A widely shared image that social media users are claiming shows Jeffrey Epstein alive and walking ...