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A video is being shared widely online with false claims it depicts a UK "city council members meeting”. It actually shows an Indian Gujarati community event taking place in Blackburn. fullfact.org/politics/city-…

Claims that Starbucks is banning dogs in the UK for halal certification requirements are false. The viral sign is from Singapore. Starbucks confirmed its UK pet policy is unchanged, and it’s up to individual managers on whether to allow dogs that aren’t guide or assistance animals into each store. fullfact.org/economy/starbu…

Articles in the i paper and the Guardian have wrongly claimed melanoma is the “most common cancer globally”. This is inaccurate. According to WHO data melanoma ranks 17th globally, while all skin cancers combined rank fourth. fullfact.org/health/melanom…

The Sunbed Association, which represents tanning salons in the UK, says claims there is no such thing as a safe tan are wrong. The global scientific consensus says otherwise. fullfact.org/health/sunbed-…

Claims are circulating online that the Southport killer, Axel Rudakubana, has been attacked in prison by another inmate. But this is false. The Ministry of Justice has confirmed to Full Fact that this is untrue and he has not been attacked. fullfact.org/crime/southpor…

In his recent article Tony Blair claimed that “By the end of this decade, we could be spending more on incapacity and disability benefits than on defence.” This is true—but it’s also already the case. fullfact.org/economy/tony-b…

.@BBCNews has corrected an article that wrongly claimed there were “rising numbers of women and girls killed by men”. In fact, in the most recent year for which we have data, the number was at its lowest level for at least a decade. fullfact.org/crime/bbc-suic…

Posts claiming that Tony Blair’s son’s company is being paid £100bn to develop digital IDs are going viral again. But as we’ve explained before, there’s no truth to this. And plans for new digital ID mandatory for Right to Work checks have been abandoned. fullfact.org/politics/tony-…

Fake images and videos of women wearing niqabs being turned away from Tesco stores have been liked thousands of times online. But these aren’t real. They were made using AI. fullfact.org/culture-and-so…

Amid the excitement over Swatch’s Royal Pop watch, we saw a Facebook post claiming the company is giving away the exclusive pocket watch to people who fill in a survey. It’s not true. A spokesperson for Swatch said they had “no knowledge of this survey”. fullfact.org/shopping/swatc…

Widely shared posts on social media have claimed that Viktor Orbán has seized control of the European Commission from Ursula von der Leyen. But these are completely false. Ms von der Leyen continues to serve as president of the commission. fullfact.org/europe/viktor-…

A video has been shared on Facebook alongside a claim it shows huge crowds at the Unite the Kingdom march that took place earlier this month. But the footage is actually from the march that happened in September. fullfact.org/politics/unite…

A viral video that appears to show Nigel Farage saying “London is fast becoming the wild west and an absolute s***show” has been created using fake audio and an old clip of the MP. fullfact.org/politics/fake-…

Social media posts claiming that Dorset Police said 44% of sex offences are carried out by asylum seekers living in asylum hotels are false. We could find no evidence this is true. Dorset Police told us the figure is “incorrect” and was not issued by them. fullfact.org/immigration/do…

We’ve spotted several posts circulating on social media claiming that no Muslim countries are taking in refugees. This isn’t true. The latest statistics from the UNHCR show Muslim-majority countries host millions of refugees. fullfact.org/world/muslim-m…

Estimated net migration has continued to fall, with the latest figures showing a decrease of 48% on the previous year. We’re continuing to rate Labour’s manifesto commitment to “reduce net migration” as ‘appears on track’. fullfact.org/government-tra…

New data shows that the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels is 29% lower than when Labour entered government. As a result we’re now rating the government’s commitment to “end asylum hotels” as ‘in progress’. fullfact.org/government-tra…

Alongside its King’s Speech last week, the government committed to introducing a “draft Ticket Tout Ban Bill”. We’ve updated our Government Tracker, where we’re monitoring Labour’s manifesto pledge to introduce “new consumer protections on ticket resales”. fullfact.org/government-tra…

A video showing people wearing masks attempting to set fire to doors of a church has been shared with false claims it shows an incident in Yorkshire. We traced the clip to a church to Santiago de Querétaro in Mexico. fullfact.org/world/video-ch…