News

Video does not show rocket attack on airport in Israel

By Nasim Asl • 2 mins

A video circulating online is three years old and does not show rockets being launched at an airport in Tel Aviv in 2023. Read

Is Wales’ new 20mph speed limit a ‘default’ restriction?

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

The Labour leader said that a new speed limit in Wales is “not a default 20 miles an hour across Wales”. Read

Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi did not share Instagram story expressing ‘support for the Palestinian cause’

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

Brighton & Hove Albion football club has confirmed the account which shared the story is not associated with the manager. Read

Footage of helicopters being shot down is from a video game, not Gaza

By Hannah Smith • 1 min

A clip circulating on social media claiming to show Israeli helicopters being shot down is actually taken from a video game. Read

Fake USA Today video reports supposed New York ‘brawl’ involving Ukrainian delegate

By Evie Townend • 4 mins

The video, which has USA Today’s logo and style, has been shared across multiple social media platforms. Read

Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party conference speech: fact checked

By Nasim Asl, Hannah Smith and Tony Thompson • 5 mins

We’ve looked into some of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech at this year’s Conservative party conference. Read

No evidence councils are planning to restrict when residents can go to the shops

By Hannah Smith • 6 mins

Transport secretary Mark Harper criticised the "misuse" of 15 minute cities in a speech at Conservative party conference. Read

No evidence for energy secretary’s claim that Labour is ‘relaxed’ about taxing meat

By Nasim Asl • 4 mins

Taxing meat is not Labour policy, and Claire Coutinho MP has not substantiated what she said in her Conservative party conference speech. Read

Immigration

Housing asylum seekers in hotels costs around £8 million a day

By Nasim Asl • 2 mins

The Prime Minister appeared to understate the cost when claiming in local TV interviews that £5-6 million a day is spent on hotels for “illegal migrants”. Read

Photo of a man who died in 2014 used in recent hoax appeals for ‘missing’ man

By Evie Townend • 3 mins

The hoax has been shared in community groups across the UK and abroad. Read