Familiar vaccine misinformation resurfaces in a Facebook video, which claims that mRNA vaccines change people’s genes. There is no factual basis for this claim.

A video seemingly showing the US president calling for a ban on Skittles and the red food colouring carmine is a deepfake.

The data we have suggests most schools in England don’t allow pupils to use their phones—although the types of ban vary, and ...

Sadiq Khan has just announced a new proposal to build 40,000 new council homes specifically prioritised for Muslims under the ...

No, it’s not illegal for a doctor to advise you on cancer cures, and neither are they going to jail for trying to find a cure ...

In a recent episode of the BBC’s Strong Message Here podcast, presented by the writer Armando Iannucci and journalist Helen ...

This picture isn’t real, and was made using artificial intelligence—though there are real videos of someone dressed as the character at the protests. Another clue the image isn’t real is disembodied ...

Those in the UK illegally are not entitled to claim mainstream benefits. Asylum seekers also aren’t eligible, regardless of whether they arrived through a regular or irregular route. Asylum seekers ...

False. No such incidents have been reported in recent weeks in the named locations and the images date back to an unrelated 2018 case. A series of Facebook posts claiming a “dangerous teenage killer” ...

The ‘winding-up’ payment for MPs who lose their seats or stand down at an election is equivalent to four months’ salary, not six. Those who lose their seats and have been in post for at least two ...