News

Video shows mudslide in Japan not Libya floods

By Evie Townend • 2 mins

The video, which claims to show fatal flooding in Derna, has been viewed by tens of thousands of people. Read

Viral video shows floods in Saudi Arabia, not Libya

By Evie Townend • 2 mins

The video has been circulating online since at least 2015. Read

Search for missing man ‘Frederick Miller’ is a hoax

By Evie Townend • 2 mins

The hoaxes share a photo of a man with his dog from a 2020 Reddit post. Read

The number of prison escapes has been falling since the 1990s

By Tony Thompson and Hannah Smith • 5 mins

We looked into the figures after the PM claimed prison escapes were 10 times higher under the last Labour government. Read

Old video of fight in Ukrainian parliament re-emerges on social media

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

Footage of a fight breaking out in Ukraine’s legislature being shared online was actually filmed in 2010. Read

Spanish Minister did not travel by private jet to ‘climate conference’

By Evie Townend • 3 mins

The posts also claim she exited a car to cycle the “last few metres” to the venue. Read

Education

What happened to school rebuilding funding when Rishi Sunak was chancellor?

By Nasim Asl • 6 mins

Annual spending on school rebuilding in England fell by 41% between 2019-20 and 2021-22—but that figure doesn’t tell the whole story. Read

Independent corrects claim former top civil servant ‘voted for Brexit’

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

A headline published by the newspaper claimed Lord McDonald of Salford said he voted for Brexit. He actually revealed that he voted to remain in the EU. Read

Health

Daily Star corrects error in reporting obesity deaths

By Dr Fergus Brown • 1 min

The paper has corrected its claim that 2.8 billion people die of obesity each year, with the real figure being in millions. Read

Starmer’s education speech warned of school buildings starting to ‘crumble’

By Nasim Asl • 2 mins

The Prime Minister suggested that Keir Starmer didn’t mention RAAC in a recent speech on education. Read