Health
Nurofen tablets do not contain graphene oxide
A video circulating on social media claims to use magnets to prove the pain relief tablets contain graphene oxide. Read
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Hillary Clinton quote about Donald Trump running for office is fabricated
The quote may be loosely based on a transcript of genuine comments reportedly made by Ms Clinton. It first appeared on a satirical news website in 2016 and has been repeatedly debunked. Read
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Video of ‘Hezbollah bombing Israel’ actually shows petrol station explosion in Yemen
The video dates back to August and shows explosions at a petrol station in Aden, Yemen, not Israel. Read
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No, this video isn’t really of President Zelenskyy belly dancing
A video clip manipulated using AI which appears to show the Ukrainian president dancing at a birthday party is being shared again on social media. Read
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Politics
Swift corrections to waiting list errors
Within two hours of receiving requests from us, both the Mirror and MailOnline corrected recent errors that they had published about NHS waiting lists. Yesterday, The Guardian corrected an article, … Read
Analysis
Has house building ‘fallen off a cliff’?
Some data seems to support the deputy PM Angela Rayner’s claim about house building numbers, but there are a number of different measures and the figures need context. Read
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Health
Having high cholesterol is not better for your health
There are different types of cholesterol, some of which increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Statins reduce this risk. Read
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Pictured child not ‘saved’ by police in Hartlepool
This is the latest in a series of hoax posts we’ve written about recently, all claiming a wandering child has been found in different parts of the UK. Read
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Immigration
PM’s conference speech claim about ‘23% increase’ in immigration returns based on unpublished data
Sir Keir Starmer claimed there’d been a “23% increase” in returns compared to last summer. But the data this is based on hasn’t been published, so we’re unable to verify it. Read
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Inaccurate comparison of benefit fraud and tax losses recirculates on social media
It’s not true that 360 times more money is lost to tax evasion than benefit fraud, as posts on social media have claimed. Read
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