Pictures showing the former Labour peer being led away in handcuffs by police have been circulating on social media, but they are not real and almost certainly AI-generated.

In its July 2025 policy paper, setting out its strategy for modern and secure elections, the government recognised that, “Our own democracy is being threatened by misinformation”. Days later, Keir ...

Mondelēz International, the company which owns Cadbury, confirmed a viral image of an ‘Eid egg’ does not show a real product.

The Conservative shadow education secretary Laura Trott claimed the UK has the highest youth unemployment rate in Europe—but ...

An image which appears to be a custody photo of the former prince has been shared on social media, but it’s not real, and ...

As voters in the Greater Manchester constituency prepare to head to the polls, here’s a round-up of claims we’ve fact checked from the campaign.

A leaflet being shared by Reform UK as part of its by-election campaign in Gorton and Denton claims that “350 illegal boat ...

Nigel Farage’s claim that a million can’t speak any English at all is not correct according to the 2021 Census, which is what ...

A post circulating on Facebook features several inaccurate figures about the cost of “asylum seeker benefits”, benefit fraud and error and tax avoidance.

Labour is not the only party to have said it is the “only” one that can beat Reform UK in Gorton and Denton. At the end of last month we fact checked a similar claim from the Green Party, and our fact ...

The video is captioned “SSBN Yuriy Dolgorukiy successfully tests 4 Bulava missiles in salvo”. Local outlets reported at the time that the Russian Navy test-launched four intercontinental ballistic ...

Amid ongoing tensions between the US and Europe over the future of Greenland, US President Donald Trump has appeared to criticise the country of Norway for the fact that he wasn’t awarded the 2025 ...