Nearly one in six pieces of news shared in local Facebook groups during the campaign is false
Ian Wiggett
The attitude from the medical team was to ignore the evolving sports science. It had been accepted in other sports, but football saw itself as different.”
Our investigation has found the arson attack was just one part of an extensive campaign of sabotage, provocation and lies leading all the way to the Russian state
‘I’ve met many hardcore, violent fans, but the hostage-negotiating, cocaine-smuggling, Marxist-Leninist Alessandro Casolari still stood out’
Fifa’s discrimination monitor at the World Cup called for a video assistant referee to be removed for appearing to make a hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign.
The tasks started small. Lavrynovych pasted anti-Islamic posters on mosques across south London for £2 a poster, often earning about £100 for an evening’s work. The posters promoted Direct Action UK, a purported far-right group that appeared shortly after the Southport riots in 2024.
This year, victory went to The Old School Ravers, who emerged triumphant from the custard-flinging chaos.
How much safer is London than New York?
Homicide rate per 100,000 in New York, 1973: 11.21
Homicide rate in New York, 2024: 4.3
Homicide rate across the whole USA (latest): 5.9
Homicide rate in London 2025: 1.07
Homicide rate in Greater Manchester 2025: 1.15
Ian Wiggett
I wonder how many officers on response teams who were called to someone putting up extreme-right-wing posters would know that Russian agitators often use that as a test during recruitment of people to commit proxy attacks on UK politicians, infrastructure, etc.?
Ian Wiggett
Ian Wiggett
Ian Wiggett
Ian Wiggett
Ian Wiggett
Nearly one in six pieces of news shared in local Facebook groups during the campaign is false, Social Market Foundation report finds
