Rob Hastings
@robhastings
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Special Projects Editor @theipaper, writing long reads, interviews & investigations. Legal Reporting Award winner 2019. Spurs fan. https://t.co/NbxNEDQyQA
Finsbury Park, London, UK
Joined May 2009
Really honoured to have won the Legal Reporting Award 2019 for written journalism for my four-part narrative series 'The Trial: Secrets of Jury Service' in @theipaper. Thanks to @thebarcouncil! The first part here if you fancy a read:
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RT @olyduff: Really proud of the team @theipaper. 🔥Shortlisted for x9 awards at 2025 @PressAwardsuk ⚪️News Website of the Year ⚪️Daily…
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RT @kitty_donaldson: EXC: Chinese spies set to be exempt from toughest new national security law by Sir Keir Starmer
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RT @TheiPaperSport: This Spurs gift shop item sums up the club’s dismal situation 🕰️ ✍️ @robhastings
#THFC
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🕒 In the Spurs shop, you can buy this ornament for £80 - but the description warns: "Please note this is not a working clock” ⚽️ It feels symbolic of Tottenham right now. Please note this is not a working football club. #COYS By me for @TheiPaperSport:
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RT @CJR: 'There are many journalists hiding from the stigma of mental health, addiction, or both, trying not to appear as damaged goods and…
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RT @sanyaburgess: INVESTIGATION🚨1 minute 27 seconds🚨That's how long it took for the account of a 13yo boy to be pushed posts about depressi…
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RT @Richard_AHolmes: Following our reporting that China's new embassy site in London could give access to vital communication cables, the U…
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⚡ Elon Musk says the F-35 Lightning is "a shit design" and manned fighters are "obsolete" compared to drones Is he right? @billieflynn, who's flown more than 800 hours in the jet, explained to me why @elonmusk's argument is "absurd", for @theipaper:
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RT @theipaper: 'I’m an Afghan sportswoman – this is why England should boycott their cricket match against Afghanistan' 💬 @Richedwards080…
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And on top of all that, residents in a neighbouring housing estate - also now owned by Beijing - are concerned their flats will be a security vulnerability for a new embassy They fear being forced out of their homes or becoming terror attack victims
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RT @theipaper: Security sources claim the site for the new Chinese embassy could compromise the City's sensitive communication lines 🔴 @R…
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RT @Richard_AHolmes: NEW: The Government has been warned by UK intelligence against allowing China to build a mega Embassy in central Londo…
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A senior lawyer representing Shein has repeatedly refused to say whether the company sells products containing cotton from China - potentially picked using forced labour by Uyghurs in Xinjiang - prompting an MP to brand her evidence "ridiculous"
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RT @TheCriminalBar: CBA Chair Mary Prior KC and Vice Chair Riel Karmy-Jones provided insight into @theipaper’s front page news and in depth…
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RT @robhastings: 🚨 My exclusive splash for @theipaper: ⚖️ The temporary Nightingale courts that were opened in hotels and conference centr…
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