Stockport Council says it has removed bogus planning notices which had been put up detailing a fake application for a temporary structure to provide accommodation for up to 800 asylum seekers. Claims ...

What changes have our fact checkers on the frontline of the fight against misinformation seen over the past 12 months—and ...

There would have been fewer deaths without Covid-19 vaccines. An article in the journal Circulation claimed that a group of patients’ risk of a heart attack rose from 11% to 25% eight weeks after they ...

Since news broke that Russia had invaded Ukraine, we’ve checked a number of videos claiming to show the war unfolding. Often during a crisis people share videos claiming to show what’s happening. This ...

Microsoft and Bill Gates have filed a patent numbered 060606 for a microchip which is inserted into the body and which rewards activity with cryptocurrency. Our verdict Microsoft's 060606 patent doesn ...

World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab wrote in “Covid-19: The Great Reset” that four billion people would die through planned epidemics, war and starvation by 2050. An excerpt from the passage in ...

Sunglasses prevent melanin production, which reduces vitamin D production, increasing the risk of sunburn. Our verdict Melanin production is stimulated by sunlight hitting cells in the skin–covering ...

Foreign citizens make up 9% of the general population and 12% of the prison population in England and Wales. Around 5.2 million people were citizens of another country in 2015, according to estimates ...

There is no evidence for this. Research carried out by the Refugee Council shows the majority of nationals from the countries most represented in small boat arrivals are granted asylum. The Home ...

As the UK Covid-19 vaccine roll out has gathered pace, and the use of “vaccine passports” continue to be debated, an increasing number of social media users are voicing their opposition to these moves ...

It doesn’t. This claim is made by selectively choosing definitions from different languages and cultures. AstraZeneca’s name was created from a merger, with ‘Astra’ coming from the Greek for ‘star’.

The flu vaccines currently in use in the UK do not use mRNA technology, although trials of mRNA flu vaccines are ongoing. mRNA technology, which is used in the Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines, ...