BBC didn’t ‘censor’ footage of Brexit march
Thousands of people have shared claims that the BBC censored footage of a People’s Vote march. Read
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From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Health
Vaping harms overstated in viral video
A widely shared video on TikTok and Instagram exaggerates and misrepresents the risks of vaping. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How wages and pensions in the UK and France compare
A tweet shared more than 5,000 times makes a number of comparisons between France and the UK, many of which need context or are not quite right. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Jeff Bezos couldn’t give every Amazon worker £90,000
A bonus suggested by the Labour MP Zarah Sultana would cost more than Mr Bezos’s reported total wealth, let alone any wealth he gained during the pandemic. Read
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The Earth’s core has not stopped rotating
A study in Nature Geoscience said that the Earth’s inner core might no longer be spinning faster than the rest of the planet—not that it might have stopped spinning altogether. Read
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Lines reportedly seen in the sky around Heathrow are contrails, not chemtrails
A social media post has shared a number of images showing vapour lines from aeroplanes in the sky, and claims that these are in fact “chemtrails”. They aren’t—they’re contrails. Read
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‘Kraken’ Covid-19 subvariant linked to baseless claims about 5G harms
A social media post claims that 5G is “harming and killing people”. Read
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Facebook offer of free sausage roll and drink at Greggs is not genuine
A post shared hundreds of times on social media is not from the bakery chain. Read
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Haringey Council says cost of Black Boy Lane name change ‘highly unlikely to exceed £100,000’
Claims it has cost £186,000 appear to stem from a 2021 estimate made by the council. Read
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Large asteroid is not set to collide with the Earth
NASA says the object is small and will miss the planet by 2,500 miles. Read
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