Bargain online offers at Wilko are fake
The real Wilko website no longer allows online purchases. 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.
Flight tracking map doesn’t show chemtrail planes
The claim has been debunked by tracking site FlightRadar24 since April 2020. Read
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Areas that voted Brexit weren’t the only ones affected by mad cow disease
A post, first shared in 2016, has recently been reposted by thousands of people online. Read
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Great Western Railway is not giving away a free year of travel for £1.69
Hundreds of people have shared a Facebook post advertising the implausibly good deal. Read
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Hundreds share fake appeal for ‘missing’ girl Bella Heather
Posts claiming a five-year-old girl has gone missing have been shared across the UK and around the world. Read
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Picture doesn’t show Australian Navy ramming ‘illegal immigrant’ boat
A widely-shared photo shows two large ships trapping a smaller boat. Read
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Misleading video about melted cars in Maui shared widely online
A clip shared on social media implies that fires on Maui could not have melted car wheels. Read
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The US, Germany and 11 other nations haven’t abolished farming to tackle climate change
Posts shared widely on social media claim that 13 different countries have abolished farming to tackle climate change. Read
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Video of explosion is from Chile, not Maui
The video, which appears to show a beam of light igniting a fire, was actually filmed in a suburb of Santiago. Read
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No evidence directed energy weapons caused fires in Hawaii and California
Baseless claims about deliberately-started fires have been shared widely online. Read
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