Senior Political Journalist
A conspiracy theory linking the Queen and Prince Philip to missing Indigenous children in Canada has re-emerged on Facebook. Read
An image of a BBC World News tweet about the announcement is photoshopped, and Saudi Arabia has revealed no such plans. Read
Health
An article claiming the monkeypox outbreak is evidence that the Covid-19 vaccine causes a form of AIDS is not based in fact. Read
Health
A tweet also shared to Facebook claiming the FDA said 71 times more heart attacks occurred following the Covid-19 vaccine than any other vaccine is inaccurate. Read
False claims that the photo of the replica vessel shows a 282-year-old ship returning to London have been circulating online for years. Read
A quote that has been often misattributed to Freud may actually have been first shared by a Twitter user. Read
The publication of the Sue Gray report has prompted fresh claims Boris Johnson misled Parliament when he stated all lockdown rules were followed. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
After Boris Johnson claimed at PMQs that 72,000 jobs have been delivered by Crossrail, we’ve looked at the numbers. Read
White vapour trails often seen in the sky are thin clouds of condensation left by aircraft engines—not evidence of a conspiracy to poison the planet. Read
Despite claims that they’re just CGI artwork, detailed images of the sun being shared on Facebook seem to be real. Read
