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Channel 4

British public-service television broadcaster; TV channel

Fact-Checks

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Nov 29, 2025
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Has Donald Trump been acquitted of the 34 felony charges or were charges dropped?

Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in the New York hush‑money case on May 30, 2024, but the conviction was later discharged by the court on January 10, 2025 . Separately, multiple other cr...

Dec 15, 2025
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What are current birth rates among UK Muslims compared with non-Muslim populations?

UK Muslims have historically had higher fertility than the non‑Muslim population, driven largely by younger age profiles and higher birth rates among Pakistani and Bangladeshi-origin women, but those ...

Dec 7, 2025
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Does Matt Barr have the worlds largest penis?

Matt Barr is widely reported in UK and international tabloid and entertainment outlets as claiming a medically verified penis length in the range of roughly 12–14.5 inches, and he has described measur...

Nov 14, 2025

Projections for Muslim population in UK by 2050

Independent estimates disagree but cluster around a similar range: Pew’s scenarios (reported in Wikipedia) project roughly 6.6 million Muslims (12.7% of the UK) in 2050 under zero migration and about ...

Dec 19, 2025

How common is urolagnia compared to other paraphilias and across age or gender groups?

Urolagnia (urophilia) is a recognized paraphilia in which sexual arousal is tied to urine or urination, and the best-quality population data indicate it is less common than many other fetishes but pre...

Dec 2, 2025

What are projected fertility rates among Muslim communities in the UK compared with national averages?

Available sources show that Muslim women in the UK historically have had higher fertility than non‑Muslims — Pew estimated a UK Muslim TFR of about 3.0 versus 1.8 for non‑Muslims in 2005–10 (Channel 4...

Jan 24, 2026

Is Britain overtaken by muslims

has not been "overtaken" by Muslims; Muslims make up a growing but still modest share of the population (about 6.5% or 3.9 million in 2021) and projections show possible increases under some scenarios...

Nov 17, 2025

How do reporting rates for rape differ between Pakistani-origin and other ethnic groups in the UK?

Available reporting shows no single, definitive national statistic comparing rape reporting rates specifically for “Pakistani-origin” people versus other ethnic groups across the UK; instead, official...

Nov 15, 2025

Do the UK still support israel

The answer is: complicated — the UK both supports Israel in some official and practical ways while also criticising and constraining Israeli actions. The government has repeatedly said it backs Israel...

Jan 29, 2026

How has Reform UK responded to allegations of racism or xenophobia?

has responded to with a mix of denials, targeted personnel actions, public counter-attacks on media and opponents, and claims that the controversies either strengthen the party’s core support or stem ...

Jan 16, 2026

How do UK Muslim population projections compare to those in other European countries by 2050?

The Pew Research Center’s scenario-based projections—widely cited in academic and media reporting—place the United Kingdom among the European countries with the largest Muslim populations by 2050, but...

Jan 13, 2026

How have UK media outlets covered pro‑Israel lobby influence and what are the major disagreements among investigators?

UK media coverage of the pro‑Israel lobby has ranged from in‑depth undercover exposés to opinionated essays and advocacy pieces, producing a patchwork record that alternately treats the lobby as a foc...

Dec 6, 2025

Which fact-checks debunk Nigel Farage's claims on immigration and asylum numbers?

Multiple mainstream fact-checks and news analyses have disputed Nigel Farage’s headline claims about immigration and asylum numbers, noting errors of timing, scope and interpretation. The BBC and The ...

Dec 2, 2025

What are current fertility rates among Muslim communities in the UK compared with the national average?

Recent studies and historical analyses show Muslim women in the UK have had higher fertility than the national average, but that gap has narrowed over time: Pew estimated UK Muslim TFR at 3.0 vs 1.8 f...

Nov 16, 2025

Have any criminal charges against Donald Trump been dismissed or dropped as of November 2025?

As of the available reporting, several federal criminal prosecutions brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith were dropped after Donald Trump won the 2024 election and became a sitting president; Smith w...

Jan 29, 2026

What assumptions drive wildly different projections for the UK Muslim population in 2050 and beyond, and which institutions publish them?

Projections of the ’s Muslim population in 2050 range from single‑digit shares to claims of an eventual Muslim majority because different studies start from different baselines and adopt sharply diffe...

Dec 16, 2025

Have complaints about racism within Reform UK led to police or parliamentary probes?

Complaints about alleged racism within Reform UK have triggered internal party investigations, membership revocations and local disturbances that led police to attend council meetings — but available ...

Dec 12, 2025

Can DNA analysis confirm the identity of the remains found in Hitler's bunker?

Researchers led by geneticist Turi King say they matched Y‑chromosome DNA from blood on a swatch of upholstery taken from Hitler’s bunker sofa to a confirmed paternal relative and have reported sequen...

Dec 9, 2025

How do different research bodies (ONS, Pew Research, think tanks) compare in their UK Muslim population forecasts for 2030?

Pew Research’s widely cited projection puts the UK Muslim population at about 5.5–5.6 million by 2030, roughly 8–8.2% of the population under its medium scenario (Pew 2011 projections) as reported by ...

Nov 11, 2025

How did Michael Jackson's estate respond to Leaving Neverland in 2019?

The Michael Jackson Estate responded to the 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland with an aggressive legal and public-relations campaign: it issued harsh public statements denouncing the film as a , sent...