Victims of false ‘VIP paedophile ring’ claim slam Home Secretary Priti Patel

Victims of the VIP paedophile scandal accused Priti Patel of shirking her responsibility as Home Secretary last night after she dismissed growing calls for a fresh inquiry. Miss Patel was under pressure to act after six of her predecessors said confidence in the police had been seriously damaged by Scotland Yard’s investigation into false claims … Read more

Serco slams false Labour claims over Test & Trace

As outsourcer is accused of bagging £37bn from controversial scheme to tackle Covid, Serco slams false Labour claims over Test & Trace Jeremy Corbyn and leading Labour MPs wrongly suggested it had bagged £37billion from the scheme  The outsourcing group has faced criticism over the controversial programme   The firm said it had been awarded contracts … Read more

Firm selling £75 bottles of ‘Cornish AIR’ accused of false marketing after breeze captured in DEVON

Souvenir firm selling £75 bottles of ‘Cornish AIR’ is accused of false marketing after it emerged the ‘fresh coastal’ breeze was captured in DEVON Coast Capture Air sells bottles of sea air from locations around the UK  The firm claims air was bottled at Hartland Point, which is close to Devon   The blunder has sparked … Read more

Firm selling £75 bottles of ‘Cornish AIR’ accused of false marketing after breeze captured in DEVON

Souvenir firm selling £75 bottles of ‘Cornish AIR’ is accused of false marketing after it emerged the ‘fresh coastal’ breeze was captured in DEVON Coast Capture Air sells bottles of sea air from locations around the UK  The firm claims air was bottled at Hartland Point, which is close to Devon   The blunder has sparked … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Labour’s false narrative on Serco’s Test and Trace

Serco is not among Britain’s best-loved companies, in spite of the mammoth effort by Rupert Soames to restore its standing. The outsourcer’s reputation was badly scorched in 2019 when it paid £23million to the Serious Fraud Office as part settlement over cheating on its electronic tagging contracts. For all its faults, though, it does not … Read more

Robert F Kennedy banned from Instagram for false claims about COVID 

Robert F Kennedy Jr has been banned from Instagram for repeatedly sharing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. The son of the former US Attorney General, US Senator and presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy is a prominent anti-vaxxer who set up his own advocacy group in 2016. A spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, confirmed that the … Read more

Anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy has been banned from Instagram for making false claims about COVID-19 

Robert F Kennedy Jr has been banned from Instagram for repeatedly sharing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. The son of the former US Attorney General, US Senator and presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy is a prominent anti-vaxxer who set up his own advocacy group in 2016. A spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, confirmed that the … Read more

Naga Munchetty hits back at Twitter troll who brands her ‘false’ and ‘annoying’

Naga Munchetty has bitten back at a troll who called her ‘false’ on Twitter on Wednesday. The BBC Breakfast presenter, 45, replied to a viewer who tweeted: ‘Really wish they would axe her. She is so false. She hasn’t got a nice or watchable bone in her body. She is so annoying I have to … Read more

Bargain Hunt is censured by BBC watchdog after antique dealer said false claims tarnished his name 

Bargain Hunt was censured by the BBC complaints watchdog after an antique dealer said false on-air claims that a ring he sold to contestants wasn’t a Victorian original tarnished his name.  The jeweller said the programme had damaged his reputation in the industry when it suggested a ring he sold was made in the 1950s, … Read more

The wild story about Grant Denyer going to a Thai rehab facility that sparked false drug rumours

Grant Denyer addressed past speculation of a drug habit on Thursday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!  And now a Woman’s Day article that sparked the false rumours has resurfaced.   The 43-year-old TV host was asked about the allegations on the show by his co-star, Toni Pearen, after a 2014 report … Read more