News

Fake football quotes go viral

By Abbas Panjwani • 4 mins

Some social media users have fabricated quotes about the super league attributed to Klopp and Ferguson. We spoke to one of them. Read

Clapham protester is not same woman injured in Parsons Green Tube attack

By Pippa Allen-Kinross • 2 mins

Social media posts falsely claim that a woman arrested during the Clapham vigil is the same woman who was injured in the Parsons Green Tube attack. Read

Health

Has the NHS had its budget reduced by £30 billion?

By Tom Norton • 2 mins

Labour claims that the Budget took £30bn out of day to day health spending, this is true if you include the withdrawal of last year’s Covid money. Read

What happens when pupils test positive for Covid-19?

By Tom Norton • 3 mins

There’s been some confusion over whether pupils can return to school after a positive lateral flow test but a negative PCR result. Read

Did Eat Out to Help Out cause Covid to spread?

By Tom Norton • 3 mins

Debate over whether the government scheme caused a rise in infections continues. Read

Survey doesn’t show voters ditching Conservatives over bike lanes

By Pippa Allen-Kinross • 4 mins

A survey by the campaign group Fair Fuel UK was covered by The Mail on Sunday, but has several flaws. Read

Express opinion piece wrong to allege evidence of widespread voter fraud in US elections

By Pippa Allen-Kinross • 3 mins

A comment piece in the Express wrongly claimed Donald Trump lost the election because of fraudulent votes. Read

The word “robot” comes from Czech, not Greek like GPT-3 claims

By Tom Phillips • 1 min

GPT-3 is mistaken about the etymology of the word robot. Read

Spending on online slot machines didn’t go up 25% in lockdown

By Abbas Panjwani • 2 mins

This was claimed in an article when the rise has actually been since last year. Read

No, Celine Dion didn’t wind her car window up while a fan was singing to her

By Abbas Panjwani • 1 min

Celine Dion didn’t wind her car window up at a singing fan. This video is edited. Celine Dion waited patiently as the fan sang ‘I Surrender’ Read