We’ve seen lots of claims about human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in recent weeks. This explainer looks at what we know about it.

After asking Ms Reeves’ office about her comments, we received a response from the Treasury. It confirmed that the last full ...

Posts on Facebook have repeated an inaccurate claim that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that the UK will have the fastest growing economy in Europe.

Some councils have asked to delay elections until 2026 due to a reorganisation of local government, but we don’t yet know ...

None of the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump include cutting funding to US cities for this reason, as has been claimed on social media.

The photo actually shows the woman at a peaceful protest in Kansas on 6 January 2021, where there were no arrests. She did not participate in the riots at the US Capitol. The picture has been shared ...

During his inaugural address, President Trump claimed that the United States “lost 38,000 lives” during the construction of ...

There have been 16,400 immigration returns since Labour was elected, but the figures we have don’t show how many involved ...

The photo has been shared with claims it shows “Russia has rebuilt the city” after it was largely demolished in battle in 2022, but the picture actually shows a city in Russia. The photo actually ...

A Telegraph article claiming up to one in 12 people in London are “illegal migrants” has grabbed headlines. But estimating how many people are in the UK illegally is inherently … ...

A reported steep rise in cases may have been affected by a broader classification of grooming since 2017—as well as by ...

Several TikTok videos have made the claim in recent days, but there are currently no plans for the UK to rejoin the EU.