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Fact-checking claims about Brexit and Northern Ireland BBC17:08Brexit Northern Ireland NI Protocol
The NI Protocol: what power do local MLAs have? FactCheckNI16:26Brexit Northern Ireland NI Protocol
Post claiming the Pfizer vaccine has only a 12% efficacy rate is inaccurate Full Fact17:45UK Covid Vaccine Pfizer Vaccine Pfizer
Facebook image promoting vaccine damage payments scheme is not an official government poster Full Fact17:17UK Covid Vaccine Pfizer Vaccine Pfizer
Rail operator Northern to 'fact-check' fare evaders excuses for failing to buy a ticket The Scarborough News16:35Train Fares Fact Check (World) Rail Travel
Northern to ‘fact check’ fare-evaders’ top excuse for travelling without a ticket as ‘Quick Buy’ feature is rolled out Oldham Chronicle13:15Train Fares Fact Check (World) Rail Travel
Shadow cabinet member uses misleading £2,600 cost of living figure on BBC, ITV and Sky Full Fact17:43BBC Labour Party ITV
Government minister made misleading claim about employment figures Full Fact16:28BBC Labour Party ITV
Factcheck: is Scott Morrison right about a minimum wage increase hurting inflation? - video The Guardian02:47Fact Check (World) Scott Morrison Australia
Second leaders’ debate factcheck: the five biggest clangers in Morrison v Albanese The Guardian03:17Fact Check (World) Scott Morrison Australia
Covid vaccines haven’t been mandated in the EU ‘under the radar’ under ‘Resolution 2361’ Full Fact17:19UK Covid Vaccine Fact Check (World) Health
Is the government meeting its new-homes target? BBC18:08Today (BBC Radio 4) Fact Check (World) UK Politics
Johnson’s incorrect claim about benefit claimants getting jobs Channel 413:56Boris Johnson World Economic News Fact Check (World)
Putin's Victory Day speech fact-checked BBC16:08Ukraine Russia Far-Right Extremism
Monica Lennon urges Jason Leitch and Gregor Smith to fact check John Mason abortion comments Edinburgh Evening News15:43Abortion Scotland Abortion Rights

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Yesterday
Smallpox not the only infectious disease eradicated by humans Full Fact17:53 20-May-22
How many jobs has Crossrail created? Full Fact17:23 20-May-22
A picture of the sky does not show ‘chemtrails’ Full Fact17:00 20-May-22
Facebook post does show real images of the sun Full Fact15:28 20-May-22
Most Britons are not projected to be obese by 2040 Full Fact15:01 20-May-22
Fact check: UK Government claim about employment levels is false The Ferret09:28 20-May-22
In the last 7 days
Fake Washington Post screenshot says dachshund is the ‘face of online homophobia’ Full Fact17:47 19-May-22
Johnson’s incorrect claim about benefit claimants getting jobs Channel 413:56 19-May-22
Factcheck: is Scott Morrison right about a minimum wage increase hurting inflation? - video The Guardian02:47 19-May-22
Fact Check: Pediatricians say homemade baby formula unsafe Mail Online23:06 18-May-22
Shadow cabinet member uses misleading £2,600 cost of living figure on BBC, ITV and Sky Full Fact17:43 18-May-22
Are 40,000 people in NI on the Housing Executive waiting list, with 30,000 of those in housing stress? FactCheckNI13:10 18-May-22
Why the Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of rape has not been named Channel 412:00 18-May-22
Post claiming the Pfizer vaccine has only a 12% efficacy rate is inaccurate Full Fact17:45 17-May-22
The UN doesn’t have a plan to abolish private land ownership Full Fact17:13 17-May-22
Fact-checking claims about Brexit and Northern Ireland BBC17:08 17-May-22
Green levy costs do not make up 25% of energy bills Full Fact16:50 17-May-22
Government minister made misleading claim about employment figures Full Fact16:28 17-May-22
BlackRock doesn’t own 75% of Ancestry Full Fact15:00 17-May-22
The women lured to sham abortion clinics BBC00:39 17-May-22
£37 billion was the two-year budget for NHS Test and Trace, not how much was spent Full Fact18:00 16-May-22
There’s no evidence Jean-Claude Van Damme is Muslim Full Fact17:10 16-May-22
Rail operator Northern to 'fact-check' fare evaders excuses for failing to buy a ticket The Scarborough News16:35 16-May-22
The NI Protocol: what power do local MLAs have? FactCheckNI16:26 16-May-22
Northern to ‘fact check’ fare-evaders’ top excuse for travelling without a ticket as ‘Quick Buy’ feature is rolled out Oldham Chronicle13:15 16-May-22
Fact check: Football fan flies to Wembley via Menorca to save on train The Independent10:12 16-May-22
Why we started fact-checking our readers Behind Local News UK08:09 15-May-22
Fact-checking Russian chemical attack claim BBC02:58 15-May-22
How PM's views on Northern Ireland deal changed BBC01:33 14-May-22
In the last month
Amber Heard did not quote The Talented Mr Ripley during trial Full Fact17:58 13-May-22
Covid vaccines haven’t been mandated in the EU ‘under the radar’ under ‘Resolution 2361’ Full Fact17:19 13-May-22
Facebook image promoting vaccine damage payments scheme is not an official government poster Full Fact17:17 13-May-22
No evidence John Lennon quote about happiness is real Full Fact17:17 13-May-22
No evidence inspiring Facebook quote comes from Sir Anthony Hopkins Full Fact15:05 13-May-22
Fact check: Jamie Greene’s sentencing claims The Ferret13:12 13-May-22
Reports that ‘most teachers’ are suffering from depression are based on a self-selecting survey Full Fact16:44 12-May-22
No hard evidence behind claim holidaymakers have 50% chance of ‘timely’ passport renewal Full Fact14:29 12-May-22
Fact Check: Is Apple Cider Vinegar All It's Cracked Up To Be? IFLScience12:43 12-May-22
An election guide: factchecking Morrison and Albanese on climate claims The Guardian07:09 12-May-22
No evidence hepatitis in children is caused by vaccinated breastfeeding mothers Full Fact18:12 11-May-22
Is the government meeting its new-homes target? BBC18:08 11-May-22
A man who arrived in Japan with a fake passport did not mysteriously vanish Full Fact13:34 11-May-22
Article 61 of the Magna Carta doesn’t mean you don’t have to pay council tax Full Fact12:13 11-May-22
The Lancet didn’t say Covid-19 vaccines are only 1% effective Full Fact14:46 10-May-22
Factcheck: are Pauline Hanson’s claims of voter fraud in Australian elections true? – video The Guardian06:55 10-May-22
NHS dentists are still operating in Somerset Full Fact18:26 9-May-22
‘Pfizer document’ doesn’t show company admitting vaccines unsafe in pregnancy Full Fact17:36 9-May-22
How to Use Google to Fact-Check Information MakeUseOf17:35 9-May-22
Putin's Victory Day speech fact-checked BBC16:08 9-May-22
Monica Lennon urges Jason Leitch and Gregor Smith to fact check John Mason abortion comments Edinburgh Evening News15:43 9-May-22
Second leaders’ debate factcheck: the five biggest clangers in Morrison v Albanese The Guardian03:17 9-May-22
How investigators fact-check Ukraine war footage Thomson Reuters Foundation News21:43 7-May-22
Man wasn’t jailed only for staring at a woman on the train Full Fact17:59 6-May-22
Harrier jets didn’t spell out expletive over Houses of Parliament Full Fact17:46 6-May-22
Fact Check: How Do Eels Reproduce? Is It Really A Mystery? IFLScience17:35 6-May-22
Keir Starmer's Durham drink - what were the rules? BBC15:39 6-May-22
There were not 65,000 flu deaths in the winter of 2017/18 Full Fact15:02 6-May-22
Fact Check: Are Will Smith and Jada Pinkett getting a divorce in 2022? HITC03:15 6-May-22
Some voting in local elections can pick more than one candidate Full Fact17:38 5-May-22
Fanta Lemon is not being discontinued in Europe Full Fact13:06 5-May-22
Starmer’s national insurance claim Channel 419:17 4-May-22
FactCheck: do Labour or the Conservatives charge lower council tax in England? Channel 419:12 4-May-22
Keir Starmer’s GMB interview: fact checked Full Fact17:57 4-May-22
1939 Cancer Act doesn’t criminalise discussion of cancer ‘cures’ Full Fact16:15 4-May-22
Was the Tories’ £20 cut to Universal Credit the biggest overnight drop in welfare since World War II? FactCheckNI16:13 4-May-22
Do 25 of NI’s 27 main ‘economic hubs’ have creaking water and sewage infrastructure that is holding back development? FactCheckNI15:56 4-May-22
Do 25 of NI’s 27 main ‘economic hubs’ have creaking water and sewage infrastructure that is holding back development? FactCheckNI15:50 4-May-22
Was the Tories’ £20 cut to Universal Credit the biggest overnight drop in welfare since World War II? FactCheckNI14:58 4-May-22
Claim SNP delivered over 105,000 affordable homes is True The Ferret10:51 4-May-22
Boris Johnson’s GMB interview: fact checked Full Fact18:12 3-May-22
Angela Rayner repeats misleading claim that families are £2,620 ‘worse off’ Full Fact18:02 3-May-22
FFS explains: What powers do councils have? The Ferret15:27 3-May-22
Do nearly 30% of NI’s carbon emissions come from farming, compared with 10% in the rest of the UK? FactCheckNI15:24 3-May-22
Boris Johnson's claim he introduced Freedom bus pass exceeds what he did as London mayor i News12:08 3-May-22
Factcheck: Is Labor introducing a 'sneaky' carbon tax? - video The Guardian04:04 3-May-22
Fact check: Did Elon Musk buy Instagram after Twitter? HITC04:11 2-May-22
Child hepatitis cases falsely linked to Covid jab BBC00:42 30-Apr-22
The row between France, Russia and Mali over a mass grave BBC00:25 30-Apr-22
The Rothschilds don’t own Reuters or the Associated Press Full Fact18:02 29-Apr-22
Fact Check: Will A Fish Swim Up Your Urethra If You Pee In The Amazon? IFLScience17:49 29-Apr-22
GB News presenter wrong about booster vaccine deaths Full Fact17:47 29-Apr-22
Fact Check: Did Elon Musk tweet about 50 Cent and his debut album? HITC08:05 29-Apr-22
Factcheck: will transitioning to clean energy cost jobs? – video The Guardian05:38 29-Apr-22
Did the early collapse of the Executive leave £334m public money sitting on a shelf? FactCheckNI18:33 28-Apr-22
Facebook competition for holiday to Cabo likely a scam Full Fact17:59 28-Apr-22
Clip of French TV shows technical glitch, not election fraud Full Fact17:38 28-Apr-22
Apparent Facebook scam offers Santorini holiday to commenters Full Fact17:38 28-Apr-22
Overturned cars in Ukraine were likely flipped by Russian forces, not explosion Full Fact17:28 28-Apr-22
Facebook post’s figures for the state pension and House of Lords allowance are broadly right Full Fact17:28 28-Apr-22
Did the early collapse of the Executive leave £334m public money sitting on a shelf? FactCheckNI15:53 28-Apr-22
Was Rishi Sunak’s in-laws’ company a ‘beneficiary’ of a UK-India trade deal? Full Fact15:46 28-Apr-22
Picture of Icelandic lake has been edited Full Fact14:04 28-Apr-22
Fact check: Did Justin Bieber have a baby with Hailey Baldwin? HITC03:28 28-Apr-22
The FFS Show 29: Council Elections and Representation with Ballot Box Scotland The Ferret13:43 27-Apr-22
Photographs of aeroplanes don’t prove existence of ‘chemtrails’ Full Fact12:36 26-Apr-22
Fact Check: The Big Power Off The Ferret09:57 26-Apr-22
Lisa Wilkinson 'wants revenge on the press' for fact-checking her memoir Mail Online00:32 26-Apr-22
High reported Covid-19 deaths due to Easter holiday backlog Full Fact16:57 25-Apr-22
The Mariupol street strewn with bodies BBC01:13 23-Apr-22
Did David Blunkett propose sending asylum seekers abroad in 2004? Full Fact17:38 22-Apr-22
Fact Check Roundup: Narratives on the 2022 French Elections Logically11:16 22-Apr-22
Don’t get pulled in by emotive election posts without fact-checking, warns expert Belfast Telegraph06:34 22-Apr-22
Labour election leaflets and adverts wrongly claim families are ‘£2,620 worse off’ Full Fact17:40 21-Apr-22
Are children entitled to free school meals 29 percentage points less likely than their peers to get good GCSEs? Has… FactCheckNI11:42 21-Apr-22
Boris Johnson makes false employment claim for ninth time in Parliament Full Fact11:36 21-Apr-22
We've written to every MP Full Fact11:30 21-Apr-22
Factcheck: is the Coalition planning to put age pensioners on the cashless debit card? – video The Guardian04:07 21-Apr-22
What did Boris Johnson tell Parliament about parties? BBC00:42 21-Apr-22
Rishi Sunak’s in-laws’ company isn’t registered in Rwanda Full Fact17:48 20-Apr-22
Number of death certificates with only Covid-19 is a bad estimate of the death toll Full Fact17:37 20-Apr-22
Here to lead not mislead Full Fact11:58 20-Apr-22
Viral pensions post has its maths all wrong Full Fact10:41 20-Apr-22
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