South Yorkshire Police say no evidence of any crime has been uncovered and counter terrorism police are not involved in the investigation.

The health secretary appeared to tell the Labour conference that a “tax break for private healthcare” was Reform’s only health policy at the last election, but there were several in its manifesto.

A video shared on Facebook claims that wearing sunglasses causes cancer. But there’s no evidence for this. The video includes ...

Kent Police’s facial recognition team says around 76% of Dover protestors have previous convictions for domestic abuse, paedophilia, GBH or drug dealing. False. Kent Police confirmed it did not issue ...

False. HAARP cannot control the weather and has nothing to do with the flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border. We’ve spotted social media posts claiming that the recent flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet ...

Benefits and the amount the government spends on welfare has become one of the most hotly debated issues in politics. This explainer tackles some of the most common questions and claims we’ve seen ...

In 2017 then-CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, said that the company would hire 10,000 refugees, not Muslims specifically, globally over five years. Social media posts claiming that Starbucks is ...

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 ...

You have to be a member of the House of Lords or an elected member in a general election to become UK Prime Minister. Andy Burnham was neither of these and therefore has no legal right to be Prime ...

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 ...

False. The Ministry of Justice confirmed Vickrum Digwa has not been attacked in prison. Posts shared thousands of times on social media claim that Henry Nowak’s murderer, Vickrum Digwa, has been ...

Incorrect. Welfare spending, which includes state pensions, has been higher than income tax in every year since at least 2013/14. An “Alternative King’s Speech” published by the Conservatives on ...