Senior Political Journalist
Amazon is holding a Black Friday sale, but it has confirmed it is not offering Kindle Oasis e-readers for £1.78, as a number of Facebook posts have claimed. Read
Health
A poster shares ways to tell if a drink has been tampered with. But spiked drinks do not necessarily exhibit any changes in appearance, taste or smell. Read
Another post from an account calling itself ‘JD Wetherspoon’ promising free meal offers has received thousands of shares on Facebook. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A graph shown on the BBC News at Six contained, among other things, an inaccurate figure and a mislabelled axis. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
If council tax rises by 5%, it would cost households in an average band D property about £100 more per year—not per month. Read
Health
The shadow health secretary claimed there were no strikes in the NHS during Labour’s last spell in government, but we’ve found some examples of local strikes taking place. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Michael Gove tweeted a graphic claiming the UK has signed new trade deals with more than 70 countries, worth over £800 billion in new global trade. But the majority of these mirror previous EU deals. Read
A Facebook post claims Penny Mordaunt MP shouldn’t have worn a badge awarded to submariners. In fact, she was invited to wear the badge by the Royal Navy. Read
A widely shared tweet claims that the same child was reported to have died of Covid-19 in three different countries. This isn’t true. Read
Immigration
A Facebook post refers to reports that a hotel in Ipswich is set to be used to house asylum seekers, and claims that they would be paid £57 per week. Read
