Fact Check: “Drill the North Sea” won’t cut UK energy bills anytime soon
Fact check: Expanding North Sea exploration is unlikely to reduce bills soon, won’t deliver gas self-sufficiency, and may worsen climate and legal conflicts.
Minab Girls’ School Strike: What We Know, What’s Disputed, and the Evidence
A missile strike on a girls’ primary school in Minab, southern Iran, killed 165 people, with open-source investigators disputing claims the site was a military target.
Fake News Now Seen as Biggest Threat to UK Democracy
Surveys show almost all Britons encounter online misinformation, fuelling mistrust in politics, news and democracy as deepfakes and influencers amplify risks.
Viral ‘Sheffield family’ welfare photo actually shows displaced father in Pakistan
Fact-check: Facebook post about a Sheffield family celebrating Labour’s two-child cap repeal misuses a 2014 photo of a displaced father in Pakistan.
Fact-Checkers Confront a Decade of Persistent False Claims from Donald Trump
Ten years after his campaign launch, Donald Trump’s most frequently debunked false claims continue to dominate social media and challenge fact-checkers.
Shocking Differences in Reporting of the Bondi Terror Attack… Or Was There? We Checked.
A terror attack at a Hanukkah event in Bondi drew near-universal coverage across left, centre and right—but the real divide was how outlets framed cause, blame and meaning.
AI Deepfake Doctors Push Unproven Menopause Cures on Social Media Amid UK Regulation Gaps
AI deepfakes of trusted doctors on TikTok and other platforms push unproven menopause supplements, exposing a dangerous gap in UK online safety rules.
Fact check: Has the UK pledged £40 billion to rebuild Gaza?
Fact-check reveals viral claim that the UK pledged £40bn to rebuild Gaza is false: Britain has offered millions in aid, not tens of billions.
Westminster Abbey Video Sparks False Claims About Pakistani Flag and Holy Week
An old video of Westminster Abbey flying Pakistan's flag for a national event resurfaces online with incorrect claims linking it to Holy Week.
Research cited by Guardian says 150 UK-focused YouTube channels targeting Labour drew nearly 1.2bn views in 2025; YouTube removed them
Reset Tech data cited by the Guardian says 150 UK-focused channels targeting Labour drew nearly 1.2bn views in 2025; YouTube removed them.
How a Civil Contempt Case in Ireland Became ‘Life in Prison for Pronouns’
Misleading posts claim Enoch Burke got life for pronoun refusal, but he is detained for repeatedly defying Irish court orders over school trespass.
Trump Cabinet Meeting Flooded with Falsehoods and Exaggerations
Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting back in the White House was filled with falsehoods on Ukraine aid, trade, inflation, and fentanyl deaths.
Meta Begins Testing Crowd-Sourced Community Notes in US to Tackle Misinformation
Meta starts testing Community Notes, a user-driven alternative to third-party fact-checking, across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.