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Recent fact checks
Posts on social media have incorrectly named the officers involved in the arrest of Henry Nowak after he was stabbed in December 2025.
The officers have incorrectly been named online as PC Christi Hill and PC Tristan Parsons, but Hampshire Police Federation has said neither were involved.
The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, claimed a quarter of eight-year-olds and half of 11-year-olds have seen “the most heinous violent porn”.
This isn’t what the research shows. The correct figures are that around 19% of children have seen any pornography before the age of 11, and around 6% have seen any by the age of nine.
An image circulating on social media alongside a claim that “Andy Burnham says he will make Makerfield home for more asylum seekers” is fake.
The image, which shows Mr Burnham meeting a group of men of Asian heritage, was generated by AI.
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