Senior Political Journalist
World
A video showing a man being rescued from floodwaters by an elephant was shared online several weeks before the flash flooding disaster in Nepal. Read
Hoaxes
Posts warning about people going door-to-door posing as “Home Affairs Officers” have been circulating in countries all over the world for years. There’s no evidence it’s actually happening in the UK. Read
Culture & Society
AI-generated clips showing a woman being arrested by police officers in a supermarket have been shared by multiple accounts on Facebook. Read
Crime
A video being shared on social media supposedly showing police officers tackling “scooter thieves” was generated using AI. Read
Immigration
Reform’s Making Welfare Work report said government data shows the share of Universal Credit paid to foreign nationals ‘rose to’ 15.5% in January 2026. Read
Health
Posts being shared online falsely claim a 1939 law makes it a criminal offence for medical practitioners to advise patients on potential cancer cures. Read
Politics
An image of the Prime Minister has been altered to make it look like he’s wearing a “Free Palestine” T-shirt. Read
Crime
Labour claims it’s added more than 3,000 prison places in the last two years, and the Conservatives added fewer than 500 in 14 years. But that’s a misleading comparison. Read
Culture & Society
A video being shared with captions suggesting it shows children at an English school being taught about Salah was actually filmed at an Islamic pre-school in Australia. Read
Crime
Andy Burnham and Kemi Badenoch have made seemingly contradictory claims about the previous government’s record on prison places. Read
