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Art exhibit does not show Ann Widdecombe’s dead body
An art exhibit that shows an elderly woman lying on the ground was first exhibited months prior to Ann Widdecombe’s death. Read
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Politics
Angela Rayner is not the new health secretary
A false claim that Ms Rayner has been appointed health secretary, alongside an AI-generated image of her smoking, has been circulating online. Read
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Health
False claims about Covid-19 ‘crisis actor’ recirculate on Facebook
Claims that a Covid-19 patient interviewed by BBC News during the pandemic was actually a “crisis actor” have been shared on social media for years—but this isn’t true. Read
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Conflict
Old clip of warehouse explosion in China shared as US airstrike on Iran
One post sharing this false claim has more than 1,500 likes. Read
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Crime
‘250,000 victims of rape gangs’ is not a reliable estimate
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
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World
Fake image of Ryanair plane after passenger was nearly sucked out of window circulates
An image being shared on social media with claims it shows a destroyed window on a Ryanair flight is an AI-generated fake, not a genuine photograph of the incident. Read
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Politics
False claim Sadiq Khan is building 40,000 homes ‘for Muslims only’ circulates online again
A spokesperson for the Mayor of London previously told us that this claim is “completely false”. Read
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Politics
No evidence that viral image supposedly showing York council statement on flags causing ‘distress’ is real
An image which appears to be a statement from City of York Council warning that residents “experience” flags as “racist” and “exclusionary” appears to have been faked. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Have the Conservatives forgotten their promise to correct the record?
It’s been four weeks since a party spokesman said it would correct an error about welfare payments. Read
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Shopping
Alton Towers isn’t giving away clothing and tech gift sets for filling in survey
A spokesperson for the theme park said this is not a genuine offer from the theme park. Read
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