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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Picture of ‘anti-Macron protest’ is actually from 2018 World Cup
Claims the picture shows a protest against the “WEF globalist” French President are wrong. Read
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Image of plane underwater doesn’t show missing MH370
The plane in the picture is a Lockheed Martin aircraft that was purposely sunk off the coast of Jordan. Read
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Keir Starmer’s claim about first-time buyers’ deposits based on estimate of future increases
The £9,000 figure he quoted is actually a consultancy estimate apparently showing the extra savings required for a first-time buyer’s “typical” deposit by 2030. Read
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Comparison of junior doctors’ pay with baked beans prices lacks context
Most junior doctors are paid more than the equivalent of ten tins per hour, even if you only consider basic pay. Read
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Conservative claim that ‘overall crime’ has fallen 50% since 2010 excludes fraud
The PM and the policing minister have both made the claim in recent weeks, based on crime survey figures which don’t count fraud or computer misuse. Read
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Why can you use the 60+ Oyster card as voter ID, but not the 18+ Student Oyster card?
A number of social media posts highlight that one can be used as voter ID and the other can’t—but fail to explain that the 60+ Oyster card has more stringent application requirements. Read
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Transgender athlete did not win a female category of the London Marathon
Though biologically male, Glenique Frank participated as a female in the mass event but did not win. Read
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Missing girl Facebook post is a hoax
The photograph of a girl who’s supposedly just been found in a number of locations is at least seven years old. Read
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Hoax appeal for missing boy and dog uses images of a child in the US first shared in 2019
The post, which is similar to other hoax appeals we’ve written about recently, claims an autistic boy named Brandon Smith has gone missing with his dog. Read
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