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Richard Holmes
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Multi-award winning investigative reporter at The i Paper. Regularly writing about national security and espionage both at home and abroad.

Hit me up: richard.holmes@inews.co.uk
Publicly available mapping data shows the proposed site sits in close proximity to three major data centres, adding to concerns.
January 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The proposals for the new Chinese embassy had been previously rejected, but Keir Starmer called the plans in for review following personal lobbying from China’s President Xi.

The decision to grant permission is now in the hands of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.
January 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
China are not happy the former Security Minister is in Taiwan.

Despite a cosier relationship with the current UK government, any recognition of Taiwan's independence will always be staggeringly countered by the CCP.
January 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New York Times confirming what we reported in December: drones flying over UK military bases are suspected to be the work of Russian intelligence.

The worrying thing though, are the fears that Brits are flying them.

inews.co.uk/news/putin-r...
January 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Freedom of speech, but not yours.
December 9, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Today's warning by GCHQ is a welcome admission of the cyber threat we face.

Today, the intelligence agency will warn that “the severity of the risk facing the UK is being widely underestimated”

But it is not novel, or new. We have been reporting on it for months...
December 3, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Well, we have been saying this for a while now…
December 3, 2024 at 8:02 AM