We’ve looked at how UK energy costs compare internationally, after two different claims from Andy Burnham and Nigel Farage.

How much does the UK spend promoting family planning and condoms in Pakistan? In an LBC interview, Matt Goodwin asked for a fact check of his claim about UK family planning aid to Pakistan—so we’ve ...

A video showing a man being rescued from floodwaters by an elephant was shared online several weeks before the flash flooding disaster in Nepal.

Facebook posts are falsely claiming that people can “get a pair of Bose QuietComfort headphones through the Currys website for next to nothing” if they “answer a few quick questions and leave a review ...

The brush used in cervical smear tests is sterilised in “cancer-causing” ethylene oxide. Overexposure to ethylene oxide can be dangerous, but medical devices sterilised with it are not unsafe. We’ve ...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is proposing to make drivers over the age of 70 pass another driving test to continue driving on UK roads. False. Current proposals don’t include drivers over 70 being ...

Recent heatwaves in the UK and Europe were caused by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP). We’ve spotted several posts on social media claiming that the High-frequency Active ...

This is true, but it’s also already the case that the UK spends more on health and disability benefits than it does on defence. In a widely-reported article published on his Institute for Global ...

Fake videos which appear to show Muslims praying in the middle of London streets have been gaining traction online. The clips, which have been shared on Facebook, also feature audio in the background ...

In recent days we’ve seen a surge of misinformation on social media relating to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. We’ve identified at least 15 miscaptioned videos and eight AI-generated images ...

An image supposedly showing the USS Abraham Lincoln on fire having been struck by Iranian missiles has been shared hundreds of times online. But this image isn’t real, and was made using Google AI ...

A claim that 75% of England’s mayors are Muslim has been shared thousands of times online. But we could find no evidence to back up this claim. Of the 27 directly elected mayors in England (including ...