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Richard Holmes

London

Senior Reporter at The i Paper

Multi-award winning investigative reporter at @theipaper Two-time Pulitzer finalist and former young journalist of the year. [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Richard Holmes

    Solar panels with suspected links to Chinese slave labour have been installed by dozens of organisations including Manchester City, Cheltenham Racecourse and David Lloyd gyms, The i Paper can reveal. The scale of Britain’s use of solar panels made by firms alleged to have used components made from the forced labour of minorities in China can be disclosed for the first time. As well as commercial premises, the locations include schools, hospitals and universities across the country.

  • 3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Richard Holmes

    At least 50,000 UK users of Vinted, Candy Crush, and Tinder were likely to have been exposed to cyber criminals in a major international hack that stole location data from app users around the world. In February, The i Paper revealed that hackers successfully attacked the US company Gravy Analytics (GA) which buys and sells location data for thousands of apps.

  • 3 weeks ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Richard Holmes

    Electric cars with Chinese parts banned from UK military sites over spying fearsBy Richard HolmesThe Ministry of Defence has banned electric vehicles (EVs) with Chinese components from sensitive sites and military training bases. Staff working at the secretive military site at RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire have been told they must park EVs made using Chinese technology at least two miles away from key buildings, sources have told The i Paper.

  • 3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Richard Holmes

    The UK’s largest police forces are using Chinese-made drones two years after UK security agencies warned them of the potential spying risks, The i Paper can reveal. An analysis of public documents reveal the UK’s four largest police forces use drones manufactured by DJI Technology to help specialist teams with surveillance and support investigatory operations.

  • 4 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Richard Holmes

    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has banned electric vehicles with Chinese components from sensitive sites and military training bases. Staff working at the UK’s secretive military site at RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire have been told they must park EVs made using Chinese technology at least two miles away from key buildings, sources have told The i Paper.

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9 May 25

RT @ChristopherJM: Ukraine has arrested two people who it said were part of a Hungarian spy ring gathering intelligence for a possible mili…

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8 May 25

My colleague @joeduggan1 conducted the last newspaper interview with Chris Garrett, a Brit who was killed this week while clearing Russian mines in Ukraine. Here's how he viewed the war. https://t.co/FxIwNRAcgn

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5 May 25

RT @Richard_AHolmes: NEW: Solar panels with alleged links to Chinese slave labour have been installed at dozens of organisations including…