No, a petition calling for a new general election hasn't been signed by six million people
The claim has been widely shared on TikTok, Facebook and also on Threads and X—but isn’t correct. Read
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Post falsely claims police asked ‘British Jews’ to stay at home due to ‘pro-Palestine marches’
Both the Metropolitan Police and the Community Security Trust have said this is completely untrue. Read
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Daily Mail front page screenshot edited to include image of PM and Savile
The screenshot has been altered to include a picture that was never published by the paper. Read
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Sign telling people not to walk their dogs in an ‘Islamic area’ is not recent
A sign shared on Facebook appeared in Tower Hamlets in 2014—we’ve seen no recent reports of the same or similar signs appearing in London or elsewhere in the UK. Read
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Photo of ‘US army general killed in Gaza’ is actually old image from Iraq
There’s no evidence that reports of the death of a general are genuine. Read
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Annual spending on state pensions is only set to increase by £31 billion by the end of this parliament
Two ministers’ claims last week about the extra amount which will be spent on protecting the triple lock are potentially misleading Read
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Politics
Why is the government in a ‘race against time’ to keep the Scunthorpe blast furnaces running?
On Saturday, Parliament passed an emergency law giving the government powers to intervene in the British Steel plant at Scunthorpe, which was reportedly in danger of being closed by its … Read
Analysis
Posts about a missing 12-year-old called ‘Shelly’ are hoaxes
The image accompanying the posts, which appeared in Facebook community groups for various places in England, is of an older girl who went missing in the US in January but has since been found. Read
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A fact checker's guide to spotting if something is AI
As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, news and online journalist Charlotte Green gives some handy tips on how we identify deepfakes. Read
Comment
Fake BBC report claims Ukraine’s first lady tried to escape abroad
This is an example of ‘imposter content’—fake content that appears to be from credible organisations. Read
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