Footage does not show protesting French farmers digging up highways leading to Paris
While farmers have been protesting across France, the footage is from a supermarket car park in a town 365 miles south of Paris. Read
News & Online Journalist
Charlotte joined Full Fact in November 2023 as a news & online journalist from her role as a Local Democracy Reporter at the Manchester Evening News.
She was previously a senior news reporter with the Manchester Evening News, Rossendale Free Press and Accrington Observer titles.
While farmers have been protesting across France, the footage is from a supermarket car park in a town 365 miles south of Paris. Read
Charges have not been filed by prosecutors in Switzerland against Israel's President Isaac Herzog, although criminal complaints have been made. Read
A widely shared Facebook post claiming oil can be regenerated as fast as it’s being used is untrue. Read
Multiple claims about Antarctica, including that it was a ‘flourishing land’ in the 1500s, are untrue. Read
Posts on Facebook claim a British general has been killed while fighting in Gaza. But the man pictured is a different soldier, and British troops are not in Gaza. Read
Robert Peston has not endorsed an online trading platform in an on-air interview with ITV colleague Paul Brand. Read
A woman named Brianna Lace Workman was charged over the incident which occurred in Oregon in the United States in 2022. Read
Fuel vouchers to help struggling prepay energy customers do exist, but a charity which organises them says a viral Facebook post’s explanation is misleading. Read
The video was originally shared by a contractor in Minnesota, and shows repairs to a sewer. Read
Red potatoes get their colour from naturally occurring pigments called anthocyanins. Read