This isn’t true. Plastics are polymers and unrelated to margarine. As the website Science-Based Medicine explains: “Margarine ...

An image shared on social media with claims it shows a list of patent numbers for viruses such as H1N1 flu, Zika virus and ...

A claim has recently circulated online falsely suggesting that humans cannot “catch” viruses because “they don’t exist”. The ...

A video of Albert Bourla speaking has been edited to make it sound as if Pfizer wants to depopulate the world.

Almost 2,000 people have shared a post suggesting there is a plot to lower the “population’s vitality” by hiding citric acid ...

The Treasury and Department for Work and Pensions minister Emma Reynolds said on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? on Friday: “The situation that we inherited which is seven and a half million people ...

This is not true. The picture was taken in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel last year. A picture circulating on social media in recent days with claims it shows “Tel Aviv last night” was actually ...

We’ve seen some confusion online following Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s claim today that “spiking will be made a criminal offence”, with some commentators saying this is already the case or ...

There’s no evidence for this. We’ve seen no announcement or any credible media reports that India has been removed from any BRICS “core committee” or the broader group itself. There’s no evidence ...

This is not true. A spokesperson for FC Barcelona confirmed the club has not made any such statement. A screenshot of a TikTok video, claiming that “FC Barcelona has cut all ties with Israel”, has ...

This is not a genuine Amazon offer. This is not a genuine Amazon offer either. 1 of 2 claims Posts on Facebook claim that the retail giant Amazon is selling Lenovo laptops for £3, and that the company ...

This is likely a hoax post. Lincolnshire Police said it has no reports of this happening. A post shared over 100 times on Facebook claims a young boy was found wandering in Skegness, Lincolnshire and ...