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We’ve seen confusion around the government’s decision to supposedly class porridge as “junk food”, affecting its advertising.

The government hasn’t classified all porridge as junk food. Only certain types of porridge will be affected by the ad ban, and plain porridge won’t be.

Junk food ad ban

Sir Keir Starmer claimed 9,400 people with no right to be in the UK have been returned under Labour, and that represents a 30% increase on last year.

There doesn’t appear to be published data to back the second part of the Prime Minister’s claim up, which means we’ve not been able to verify it.

Immigration data

An image is being shared on social media with claims it shows a prisoner who has been found underground in Syria following the fall of the Assad regime.

This is not a real photo. It comes from a video uploaded to TikTok with millions of views, and was created using artificial intelligence.

AI image