Journalist
Politics
In an LBC interview, Matt Goodwin asked for a fact check of his claim about UK family planning aid to Pakistan—so we’ve looked at the numbers. Read
Environment
Water UK estimates that data centres’ average peak demand could rise to 42 million litres of water per day in 2030, but average daily demand is expected to be about half that. Read
Environment
Real footage of Mr Gates has been altered to put different words into his mouth. Read
Health
A video falsely claims that lockdowns might be needed to deal with a huge rise in Covid-19 cases in the past week. Read
Immigration
Screenshots from a cloned copy of the Daily Express website suggested there was a plan to bring “thousands” of migrants to the UK, but the newspaper has confirmed this article is fake. Read
Health
An article reporting research that wrongly suggested Covid-19 vaccines might be fuelling a rise in excess deaths has now been amended. Read
Health
A widely shared video incorrectly claims that 76% of vaccinated women experience miscarriage. Read
Crime
A report from the Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe claimed that it is established that 250,000 white girls have been the victims of rape gangs—but the calculation behind this is clearly unreliable. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It’s been four weeks since a party spokesman said it would correct an error about welfare payments. Read
Sport
When you hear stats about a country’s World Cup history, remember it probably comes from a few dozen games at most. Read
