The UK's Sharia 'courts'
While there are undoubtedly lots of different religious councils and tribunals in the UK dealing with Sharia principles, they aren't courts of law. Read
Analysis
Crime
It's hard to measure crime, which can make news stories seem more worrying than they really are. We look past the headlines to explain the full picture.
Crime
Ask Full Fact: does urinating in public put you on the sex offenders register?
It's very unlikely that being caught urinating in public will get you charged with a sexual offence, like exposure, that puts you on the police register. Read
Fact checks
Europe
Is Grexit legal?
EU members can leave the Union voluntarily, but there's no legal mechanism for a country to drop or be ejected from the euro. Grexit may well happen anyway. Read
Fact checks
Crime
Ministry of Justice corrects corrected overcrowding figures
The Ministry of Justice issued corrected figures for prison overcrowding in last week. Unfortunately, these figures were wrong. Read
Analysis
Crime
Two prisoners to a cell designed for one: how many are living in overcrowded conditions?
Two prisoners occupy a cell intended for one. How many are living in 'crowded accommodation'? Some prisons have been counting only one prisoner. Read
Analysis
Are foreign criminals using human rights to avoid being deported?
133 foreign criminals were allowed to stay in the country out of respect for their human rights in 2013. Read
Analysis
Keeping human rights, while scrapping them
It's the end of the world as we know it. Or it's a plan to "reform and modernise our human rights legal framework". We'll just describe it as the Conservative … Read
Analysis
Europe
The EU, homeopathy and Norwegian vets
"EU orders Britain's organic farmers to treat sick animals with homeopathy"—Daily Telegraph, 24 April 2015 For better or worse, homeopathic remedies are certainly promoted in EU organic food standards. But … Read
Fact checks
Fact checks
The UK's record in human rights cases
What does looking at the recent results of human rights cases against the UK show us? Read
Analysis
