Although the Scottish First Minister has denied funding to a UN agency for Palestinian refugees has been “paused”, the Scottish government says it currently has no plans to give more aid.Source
The man whose picture is circulating is Special Forces officer Ryan Brummond, who served in Afghanistan. He is now a doctor in the United States.Source
A false claim from 2021 that a French ministerial instruction about the stunning of poultry prior to slaughter would lead to a ban on ritual slaughter has been circulating again on social media.Source
A screenshot of a Telegraph opinion article has been shared on social media with the original image swapped for one showing the Notting Hill Carnival.Source
An exchange between chief secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott and Radio 4 presenter Evan Davis has gone viral after confusion over debt projections.Source
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