There’s a massive row whether this “Welsh speaking Muslim” story is true or not

This story is doing the rounds on social media – there’s many copies – this is the version printed in The Times:

It originated on Facebook via a posted called Tom Bradbury

It’s even reached the BBC:

A woman on a bus in Wales shuts down a man who told a Muslim woman to "speak English" https://t.co/TN9iz9Vl6X pic.twitter.com/hqerbEKHZ3

— BBC Newsbeat (@BBCNewsbeat) June 21, 2016

And it’s easy to see why it’s shareable. It has a nice surprising ending and it teaches us important lessons about racial tolerance and not taking people at face value, which at a time of heightened tension around the European Referendum many feel are lessons we all need.

However many have doubts – this tweet is just one example – we could embed many more:

My editor's nose is twitching at this story about the Welsh-speaking Muslim woman on the bus. Unlikely in N Wales; even more so in Newport.

— Mike Lowe (@cotslifeeditor) June 21, 2016

And the problem is that it’s very similar to this widely shared story:

However the original poster Tom Bradbury SWEARS it’s true:

So…

Also we say, over to you at the BBC and The Times to check this story out! Our resources at The Poke consist of two broken Casio calculators and a cat that refuses answer to his own name 🙁