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August Graham
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Fact check: Released footage does not show police officer’s sharp nails
There are many inconsistencies between the released police body-worn footage and an alleged screenshot.
By
August Graham
2 Jun 2026
Politics
Fact check: Same-sex and opposite sex marriage data is not comparable
ONS figures do not allow for an accurate comparison of marriages based on gender.
By
August Graham
19 Sept 2025
UK
Fact check: Video posted by police was from Unite the Kingdom protest in 2025
A video appears to have been correctly labelled by the Metropolitan Police, despite claims to the contrary.
By
August Graham
17 Sept 2025
Politics
Fact check: UK tanker aircraft cannot refuel Israeli jets
Claims have circulated about a British military plane in Qatar.
By
August Graham
11 Sept 2025
UK
Fact check: Video of man being arrested for ‘muppet’ comment is from 2022
The video has circulated widely online in recent days.
By
August Graham
9 Sept 2025
Politics
Fact check: Photograph of St George’s Cross is from 11 years ago
A photograph taken by a PA news agency photographer has been recently shared on social media.
By
August Graham
27 Aug 2025
Politics
Fact check: Home Office has had mass fatality plans in place for decades
Social media posts have attached significance to a contract which is just replacing an old facility.
By
August Graham
22 Aug 2025
Business News
Fact check: Wage claim confuses mean and median incomes from different years
The claim does not have any sources attached to it, but it seems likely that the poster is comparing very different figures
By
August Graham
20 Aug 2025
Business News
Fact check: Bank has held rates four out of nine times since Labour took power
The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee held interest rates unchanged at several of its meetings since last year’s general election.
By
August Graham
7 Aug 2025
UK
Fact check: Claims around Britannia hotel in Canary Wharf
Police accounts differ from those of social media users.
By
August Graham
5 Aug 2025
Politics
Fact check: Photograph shows Boris Johnson and ex-wife at university
The photograph was taken in Oxford in 1986.
By
August Graham
1 Aug 2025
Politics
Fact check: Sharia law administrator job ad was for role with private employer
A local mosque said it had raised money to fund the position through private donations.
By
August Graham
29 Jul 2025
Politics
Fact check: Clip about October 7 attack was taken out of context
Two short clips did not include the context either side which showed that Owen Jones was making a point about a line of questioning.
By
August Graham
11 Jul 2025
Politics
Fact check: Social media channel of migrant’s journey posts AI-generated videos
The videos contain many hallmarks of AI generation, including a watermark in some of them.
By
August Graham
7 Jul 2025
Politics
Fact check: Reform was largest party in Warwickshire local elections
Reform won around 40% of the seats on the council with just over 30% of the vote.
By
August Graham
4 Jul 2025
UK
Fact check: Video shows incident where passengers evacuated from train
Passengers onboard the London Underground train smelled burning before smashing the windows.
By
August Graham
27 Jun 2025
Politics
Fact check: China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal
Different claims have been made as to whether or not China supports the deal between the UK and Mauritius.
By
August Graham
17 Jun 2025
Politics
Fact check: More people leave than arrive on current youth mobility schemes
Current schemes, which are mainly with countries with smaller populations, might not accurately predict how future schemes will perform.
By
August Graham
5 Jun 2025
Politics
Fact check: Amendment would stop prosecutions of women for getting abortions
A social media user has made claims about an amendment to the crime and policing bill.
By
August Graham
5 Jun 2025
Politics
Fact check: Video has been online for months before Robert Jenrick ‘expose’
Action by police in a video from months ago could not have been a response to Mr Jenrick’s actions earlier this week.
By
August Graham
30 May 2025
Politics
Fact check: Video shared on social media appears to have been filmed in Pakistan
The video was tagged as being filmed in Peshawar on a TikTok user’s profile.
By
August Graham
30 May 2025
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