Senior Political Journalist
An image posted to Facebook of two vapour trails left by aircraft does not show how chemtrails differ from contrails. Chemtrails do not exist. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Chancellor had pledged to cut income tax by 1p in 2023 and 2p by 2024 if he became Prime Minister, but available data suggests this would save the average household less than claimed. Read
Health
This claim is based on a survey which is unlikely to be representative of the US population. Read
We take a look at some of the early claims, including Penny Mordaunt’s estimate of fuel VAT savings and Jeremy Hunt’s claim about corporation tax. Read
Health
A collection of articles reporting on possible links between certain factors and heart attacks do not show “you can’t do anything without risking a heart attack”. Read
Crime
We couldn’t find any data to support a claim made by a former police watchdog on the Today programme. Read
The post contains a link to a false article about a missing child which may be from an unsafe website. Read
The original image shows a real UNESCO world heritage site in Greece. Read
A post claiming that only 15% of McDonald’s beef was found to be beef, and that its sauces and spices contained pork grease is not correct. Read
An Instagram post incorrectly claims that the clip shows a player scoring a goal that relegated his parent club. Read
