Author Archives: WeRaven

No, a new law isn’t being introduced to stop people playing music while driving

Videos shared on Facebook make false claims about a supposed new law banning music in moving cars and a new monthly electricity charge.Source

History’s Overlapping Moments: 6 Impossible Time Windows That Actually Existed

While many of us are taught to think of time as a straight line—past behind us, future ahead—I’ve never been fully convinced. To me, time feels less like a ruler and more like the Milky Way itself: vast, whirling, looping back on its own light, sometimes brushing against its own tail. History doesn’t move forward… Read More »

Faked photo of Keir Starmer and Jimmy Savile decorating a Christmas tree recirculates

An old photo of Sir Keir Starmer decorating a Christmas tree has been edited to include serial sex abuser Jimmy Savile.Source

How many households have cancelled the BBC TV licence fee since 2020?

Claims that 2.4 million households have cancelled the licence fee since 2020 are circulating online. But we’ve found no evidence to support this figure, which the BBC says it doesn’t recognise.Source

Five lessons from our fact checking in 2025

What changes have our fact checkers on the frontline of the fight against misinformation seen over the past 12 months—and what might that mean for 2026?Source

No, Prince William did not give a speech that prompted three cabinet ministers to resign

A political crisis in a video report being shared on social media is completely fabricated.Source

D-Day’s Forgotten Critical Secret Weapon

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a massive armada of more than 5,000 ships and 1,200 aircraft appeared off the coast of Normandy in northern France. Moments later, some 160,000 American and British Commonwealth troops stormed onto the beaches or landed by parachute behind enemy lines. Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of… Read More »

How Did the Crusades Actually Work?

When thinking about the middle ages, chances are that among the many images popping into your mind there stands a noble knight. Now, there are a variety of myths about what it was like to be a knight during medieval times, not just spread by Hollywood, but even by the contemporary legends during medieval times… Read More »