Social media posts falsely claim Nicola Bulley’s husband has been arrested and charged with murder
Thousands of people have shared baseless claims about Paul Ansell on social media. Read
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Sarah Turnnidge
Fact Checker (former)
Sarah previously worked for HuffPost UK, and before that worked in local newsrooms including the Bristol Post, the Essex Echo and the Thurrock Independent.
Education
School statistics don’t show 140,000 children ‘never came back’ after pandemic disruption
A figure quoted in the Sun by Baroness Karren Brady is the number of pupils who missed at least 50% of sessions last summer, not the number who’ve disappeared completely. Read
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Post about puppy with leg cast is a hoax
A fake appeal on social media features a picture of a very small puppy wearing a blue cast on its leg. Read
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Hoax alert about missing boy and dog uses stock image
A post about a boy named Brandon Smith has been shared in community Facebook groups. Read
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Facebook posts confuse ‘Apeel’ fruit and vegetable preservative with hard surface cleaner
A number of recent social media posts claim that an edible coating for fresh produce is hazardous to human health. Read
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Emergency alert doesn’t let government ‘take control’ of your exact location
The alert uses 4G and 5G technology to send out a warning to those close to danger. Read
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Thousands share hoax post about injured dog
Police in the US have recently warned that identical posts are connected to scams. Read
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Hoax alerts for missing pensioner shared thousands of times
Identical posts falsely claiming a man named Martin Jones has gone missing have been shared across the UK. Read
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No evidence motorhome ‘giveaway’ is real
Hundreds of thousands of people have shared what appears to be a fake campervan giveaway on Facebook. Read
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Longer contrails aren’t ‘chemtrails’
A post on Facebook claims to compare contrails with an apparent “chemtrail”. Read
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